Knowledge Innovation Attorney

O'Melveny & Myers LLP; Menlo Park (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

O’Melveny & Myers LLP in Silicon Valley seeks a Knowledge Innovation Attorney to join the Practice Innovation team. The role embeds within Corporate, M&A, and Emerging Technologies practices, leveraging knowledge management, AI, and other technologies to enhance attorney workflows and client service.

This hybrid position requires on-site presence in the Silicon Valley office at least three days per week, with compensation ranges reflecting CA market standards.

Qualifications

• JD required with approximately five years of direct practice in Corporate, M&A, or Emerging Technologies.
• Experience developing practice resources such as precedents, forms, playbooks, and drafting guidance.
• Proficiency with AI, GenAI/LLMs, and automation in legal workflows.

Responsibilities

• Embed as knowledge and innovation resource for Corporate, M&A, and Emerging Technologies practices.
• Develop, curate, and maintain high-value practice resources and drafting guidance.
• Collaborate to design AI workflows, tools, and playbooks to improve legal service delivery.
• Support attorneys with knowledge resources, AI tools, and training across firm.
• Stay current on AI and legal technology developments and translate them into practical resources.

Skills

Corporate/M&A experience

Emerging Technologies experience

AI/GenAI familiarity

Legal workflow optimization

Client engagement

Education

JD degree

Job description

It’s more than what you do: it’s how you do it. That’s why O’Melveny is counsel of choice to an ever-expanding list of market leaders. Opportunity at O’Melveny means working alongside dynamic and team-oriented colleagues on evolving legal and business issues and opportunities for prominent clients around the world. It’s a place to build a rewarding career by tackling new challenges; being appreciated, included, and supported; and creating lasting connections.

With approximately 850 lawyers on three continents, more than 80 practice and industry service areas, and strong cultural ties to its 17 locations, O’Melveny is a global law firm with a local feel. At our core, you’ll find a dedication to excellence, a drive to lead and innovate, and a deep sense of civic responsibility.

So, tell us. What do you want to achieve? Visit us at www.omm.com; learn more in our firm at-a-glance; and find us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

O’Melveny has an immediate opening for a Knowledge Innovation Attorney to join our broader Practice Innovation team. This role will be embedded within and dedicated to supporting the firm’s Corporate, M&A, and Emerging Technologies practices in our Silicon Valley office, applying substantive legal experience alongside knowledge management, Artificial Intelligence, and other innovative technologies to enhance how attorneys work and deliver client service.

This is a hybrid position requiring the Knowledge Innovation Attorney to work from the Silicon Valley office a minimum of three days per week.

The salary range in CA for this role is $150,000 - $200,000 and represents the firm’s good faith minimum and maximum range for this role at the time of posting. The actual compensation offered to a candidate will be dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and location.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Practice-Embedded Knowledge & Innovation: Serve as the embedded knowledge and innovation resource for the Corporate, M&A, and Emerging Technologies practices, building strong relationships with partners and associates to understand their workflows, substantive needs, knowledge gaps, and opportunities for innovation.
• Develop & Leverage Practice Knowledge: Develop, curate, and maintain high-value practice resources, including precedents, model documents, forms, playbooks, checklists, and drafting guidance. Capture and structure knowledge from transactions and attorney experience so it can be effectively found, reused, and leveraged through AI and other technologies.
• Partner to Innovate: Collaborate with attorneys and cross-functional teams to identify high-value use cases and design and implement AI workflows, tools, playbooks, and other solutions that enhance legal service delivery and improve the efficiency, quality, consistency, and scalability of legal work.
• Attorney Support & Capability Building: Serve as a go-to resource for attorneys seeking guidance on knowledge resources, AI tools, legal technologies, and workflows. Support group and one-on-one training and use feedback and data to identify knowledge, skill, and adoption gaps.
• Connect & Scale Innovation: Work closely with the broader Practice Innovation team to share insights, solutions, and lessons learned from the supported practices; identify successful approaches with potential application across the firm; and collaborate on broader Practice Innovation initiatives and training as needed.
• Monitor Practice & Technology Developments: Stay current on relevant legal and market developments and the latest advances in AI and legal technology, working with the Practice Innovation team to translate developments into practical resources, solutions, and opportunities to improve attorney workflows and client service.
• Support Client-Facing Innovation: As needed, support pitches, RFPs, client presentations and training, and other client-facing discussions involving the firm’s use of AI, knowledge, and technology.

Required Knowledge, Skills, And Experience

• JD degree.
• Approximately five years of direct practice experience as an attorney in Corporate, M&A, or Emerging Technologies.
• Strong substantive understanding of transactional legal practice, including attorney workflows, drafting, deal execution, and the practical needs of attorneys working on sophisticated corporate matters.
• Experience developing or working extensively with substantive practice resources such as precedents, model documents, forms, playbooks, checklists, and drafting guidance.
• Proficiency with emerging legal technologies and research resources, particularly AI, GenAI/LLMs, and automation solutions, with an ability to identify opportunities to improve legal workflows.
• Strong legal judgment and the ability to evaluate the quality, accuracy, and practical usefulness of technology- and AI-enabled legal work product.

Other Skills And Qualifications

• Fluency in legal technology and AI, including GenAI/LLMs and automation, with the ability to translate capabilities into practical legal use cases.
• Strong understanding of large law firm operations, attorney workflows, and client expectations.
• Strong communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to credibly engage partners and associates on substantive legal, knowledge, AI, and technology topics.
• Collaborative and service-oriented mindset, with the ability to partner across practice groups and business teams and contribute to broader Practice Innovation initiatives.
• Highly organized and adaptable, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and use data and feedback to improve outcomes.
• Sound judgment, initiative, and intellectual curiosity, with a commitment to staying current on developments in AI, legal technology, knowledge management, and the evolving practice of law.
• Ability to appropriately handle confidential, privileged, proprietary, and sensitive firm and client information.

We offer an excellent salary and benefits package. For more information, or to be considered for this position, please apply online at www.omm.com. Response will be given to candidates who closely meet our qualifications. EOE M/F/D/V. No phone inquiries please.