Litigation Practice Innovation Lead

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Litigation Practice Innovation Lead

Department: JW Innovation Foundry

Reports To: Chief Innovation Officer

Location: This role can sit out of the following Jackson Walker office locations: Dallas, Austin, or Houston.

FLSA: Exempt

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Litigation Practice Innovation Lead drives workflow innovation across litigation practices from motions through trial preparation. This role partners with practice leaders and cross-functional teams to identify high-volume work, design and measure pilot initiatives, and transition successful workflows into firmwide production. The position focuses on developing repeatable toolkits, optimizing drafting and review processes, and improving quality and efficiency using technology enabled solutions.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Practice Innovation & Workflow Design

• Lead the development and execution of workflow innovations for litigation, appellate, and trial support activities.
• Identify high-volume litigation tasks suitable for automation, standardization, or retrieval-assisted drafting.
• Build motion packs, judge and opponent profiles, local-rule checklists, jury instruction starters, and deposition kits.
• Design and run pilot projects to improve drafting speed, accuracy, and consistency for motions and other filings.

Pilot Development & Measurement

• Define clear success metrics, including time-to-draft, revision rounds, and accuracy rates.
• Measure results and publish findings to firm leadership, practice sponsors, and the Executive Committee.
• Document workflows, prompts, and risk standards in coordination with KM, IT, and Security.
• Manage pilot evaluations, change logs, and rollout strategies for high-performing initiatives.

Training, Adoption & Change Management

• Develop and deliver training programs, quick-start guides, and office hours for attorneys and professional staff.
• Lead change management initiatives tied to new workflow rollouts, including communication plans, champion networks, and adoption strategies.
• Ensure prompt updates to model documentation, QA notes, and release summaries following enhancements or revisions.

Stakeholder Collaboration & Reporting

• Partner with KM, Research, LPM, Pricing, IT, and Security to ensure integration with firm systems and compliance protocols.