Senior AI & Innovation Counsel
Core
Embed AI into legal practice, drive adoption across the firm, and translate attorney needs into actionable technical requirements for innovation teams.
Role type
Senior AI & Innovation Counsel (Player-coach)
Builds
Scalable AI workflows, agentic playbooks, and production-ready legal automation solutions
Domain
Legal services / Artificial Intelligence / Professional Services
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Legal practice expertise, AI technology fluency, team management, workflow decomposition, stakeholder alignment, project management, data privacy governance
Preferred skills
AmLaw 100 experience, knowledge of legal engineering, ability to operate in ambiguity
Technologies
Agentic tools, AI governance frameworks, legal tech platforms
Responsibilities
Embed within priority practice groups to encourage AI adoption; Validate AI outputs against legal and ethical standards; Translate attorney needs into functional specifications for engineering teams; Decompose legal workflows to identify automation opportunities; Manage and mentor a team of AI and innovation lawyers; Partner with IT and security to ensure governance compliance
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with people leadership