Knowledge Management Attorney

About the role

The Knowledge & Innovation Attorney will work with the firm’s transactional practices, leadership teams, and business support professionals—across business, finance, and real estate—to (i) develop and execute an AI transformation and knowledge strategy, (ii) manage the creation and maintenance of practice resources, with a focus on building new AI-enabled workflows and making existing resources accessible through AI tools, and (iii) foster strong adoption of AI tools across the transactional practices by ensuring the practice-facing technology stack remains best-in-class and by engaging in ongoing education and enablement efforts.

Responsibilities

• Assess the knowledge and AI transformation needs of the transactional practices, support practice leaders in defining and iterating on a unified plan to meet those needs, and help execute that plan.
• Capture feedback and measure adoption, time savings, and other ROI metrics for continuous improvement of AI and other strategic K&I products and processes.
• Stay informed about market trends, AI tools, and technology developments applicable to the transactional practices, surfacing opportunities as the landscape evolves.
• Collaborate with other attorneys and business professionals on firm-wide K&I initiatives, promoting cross-practice alignment and economies of scale.
• Work with practice group committees and leadership to further develop K&I resources, such as templates, checklists, precedent collections, and other know-how where needed, and embed these resources into tailored AI workflows that can be deployed at scale.
• Follow project management best practices when identifying, developing, testing, and promoting content suitable for automation or use in AI tools.
• Engage directly in the building and testing of large or complex AI workflows, while also providing coaching, consultation and oversight to associates, attorney working groups and support staff building AI resources—ensuring adherence to firm AI governance and policy requirements.
• Organize and curate practice sites on the firm intranet or other resource-sharing platforms to promote and make accessible the highest value content.
• Support practitioner training efforts for specific AI tools, K&I resources, and general AI use best practices, and identify and cultivate attorneys within the practices who will champion K&I transformation efforts.
• Partner with marketing and business development professionals when appropriate to highlight the firm’s AI transformation efforts to clients and prospective clients.
• Contribute to AI, K&I, and other innovation projects for the transactional practices.

Requirements

• Strategic thinking paired with strong execution skills, project management discipline, attention to detail, and the ability to meet tight deadlines.
• Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills, including the ability to translate technical concepts for attorneys and to translate legal concepts for technologists.
• Ability to analyze a problem or project quickly and accurately, develop creative solutions, and demonstrate a bias toward action.
• Effective interpersonal skills with the ability to build trust and relationships, lead change, and engage stakeholders and influence outcomes without formal authority.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Working fluency with AI and related technology concepts (e.g., large language models, agents, APIs, and MCP connectors at a conceptual level).
• Fluency in standard MS Office applications and ability to quickly master new collaboration, AI, and similar software and tools.
• Knowledge of other Microsoft apps, including Power Apps, Power BI, and SharePoint, is a plus.
• Experience with document assembly and collaboration technologies is also a plus.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and self-direct.
• Ability to allocate resources to meet competing demands.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s and Juris Doctorate degrees.
• Five-plus years of experience practicing in a transactional practice (such as mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, finance, real estate, or technology transactions).
• Successful track record in client service.
• Hands-on experience with legal AI tools and AI workflow building is required.
• Prior knowledge and innovation experience is preferred.
• Managerial, program management, or project management experience is strongly preferred.

Skills

• Specific Skills Preferred: Strategic thinking paired with strong execution skills, project management discipline, attention to detail, and the ability to meet tight deadlines.
• Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills, including the ability to translate technical concepts for attorneys and to translate legal concepts for technologists.
• Ability to analyze a problem or project quickly and accurately, develop creative solutions, and demonstrate a bias toward action.
• Effective interpersonal skills with the ability to build trust and relationships, lead change, and engage stakeholders and influence outcomes without formal authority.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Working fluency with AI and related technology concepts (e.g., large language models, agents, APIs, and MCP connectors at a conceptual level).
• Fluency in standard MS Office applications and ability to quickly master new collaboration, AI, and similar software and tools.
• Knowledge of other Microsoft apps, including Power Apps, Power BI, and SharePoint, is a plus.
• Experience with document assembly and collaboration technologies is also a plus.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and self-direct.
• Ability to allocate resources to meet competing demands.

Benefits

• Annual discretionary bonus.
• 401(k) plan.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Accrued paid time off plan starting at 20 days annually.
• Personal medical and parental leave.
• Up to ten paid holidays.
• Family care benefits.

Pay

• San Francisco Bay Area compensation range: $215,370 to $387,810 annually.
• Colorado compensation range: $168,730 to $303,830 annually.
• Illinois compensation range: $178,080 to $320,660 annually.
• Los Angeles compensation range: $196,500 to $353,830 annually.
• San Diego compensation range: $194,010 to $349,350 annually.
• New York compensation range: $195,790 to $352,550 annually.
• Washington state compensation range: $177,990 to $320,500 annually.
• Washington, D.C. compensation range: $192,230 to $346,140 annually.

Schedule

• Not specified.