Innovation Counsel – Patent Counseling & Prosecution

• Support and provide attorney-level input on targeted legal technology adoption initiatives impacting the firm’s practice groups
• Design and prepare playbooks to help practice groups understand and implement best practices around innovation technologies and processes
• Organize presentations, status reports, and executive briefings
• Collaborate with innovation, firm operations, technology and practice group leadership on request and initiative prioritization
• Collaborate with innovation teams to develop objectives, success metrics, and timelines for legal technology adoption initiatives
• Analyze practice group operational workflows with practice management, legal project management and pricing teams
• Identify areas for improvement and develop strategies to increase effectiveness and efficiency using legal technologies
• Drive legal technology pilots, deployments, proofs of concept, experiments, and continuous improvements
• Help the change management team develop communication campaigns and change measurement processes
• Develop and maintain practice group-specific resources
• Work with Practice Engineering and other departments to automate and scale resources
• Perform additional responsibilities based on evolving firm needs

• After orientation at Cooley LLP, exhibit proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, iManage and other firm applications
• Ability to work extended and/or weekend hours, as required
• Ability to travel, as required
• 4+ years direct applicable experience, such as legal practice experience or hands-on experience with legal technology use and adoption efforts
• Active member in good standing or registered in-house counsel of the bar(s) in all jurisdictions from which you regularly work, as well as the jurisdiction in which your assigned office is located, if applicable
• Juris Doctor(ate) or non-US equivalent
• Experience in supporting and driving cross-functional projects involving legal technology teams, knowledge management teams, technology teams and practice group leadership
• Understanding of large law firm financial and work allocation processes
• Knowledge and experience with distributed systems and organizations
• Experience with core large law technologies such as iManage or Net Docs, Elite 3E, Intapp products, Litera products, Thomson Reuters and Lexis products
• Experience with generative AI solutions used in legal practice
• Strong effective presentation experience and skills to varied audiences
• Experience with alternative legal service/managed service providers and models
• Experience with technology usage data and metrics
• Ability to leverage data for insights and storytelling
• Excellent written and oral communication
• Ability to perform effective analysis to determine the root cause of legal service delivery problems and suggest solutions
• Ability to process complex information with high levels of accuracy
• Ability to build, develop and grow business relationships in support of large-scale initiatives and programs
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts to legal professionals and senior executives
• Ability to influence and collaborate with multiple stakeholders across various departments
• Ability to work effectively in a highly matrixed team environment
• Ability to focus on detail without losing sight of the bigger picture

Demonstrates expertise in legal technology adoption, project management, and cross-functional collaboration within a law firm environment. Proficient in leveraging data for insights and effective communication to diverse stakeholders.

• Legal Technology Adoption
• Project Management
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Data Analysis and Insights
• Effective Communication

• Legal Practice Experience
• Legal Project Management
• Change Management
• Workflow Analysis
• Technology Metrics
• Generative AI Solutions
• Automation and Scaling
• Best Practices Development
• Presentation Skills
• Problem Analysis

• Interpersonal Skills
• Influencing Skills
• Detail Orientation
• Collaboration Skills
• Communication Skills

• Juris Doctor(ate)
• Active Bar Membership

• Legal Technology
• Change Measurement Processes
• Alternative Legal Service Providers
• Large Law Firm Financial Processes
• Knowledge Management

• Microsoft Office Suite
• IManage
• Net Docs
• Elite 3E
• Intapp Products
• Litera Products
• Thomson Reuters
• Lexis Products