Litigation Innovation Lead: Workflow & Pilot Programs

Jackson Walker LLP; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Jackson Walker is seeking a Litigation Practice Innovation Lead to drive workflow innovation across our litigation practices, from motions through trial preparation. You will partner with practice leaders and cross-functional teams to identify high-volume tasks, design pilots, and transition successful workflows into firmwide production.

The role emphasizes developing repeatable toolkits, optimizing drafting and review processes, and using technology-enabled solutions to improve quality and

Qualifications

• Doctor of Juris Doctor from an accredited law school.
• Active license and good standing with a U.S. state bar.
• 8+ years of experience practicing litigation or leading litigation knowledge management/innovation initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience leading technology-driven workflow improvements, pilot design, and data analysis.
• Licensed litigation attorney or litigation knowledge management leader with strong motion practice and writing credentials.
• Proven experience leading technology-driven process improvement in litigation workflows.
• Familiarity with retrieval-assisted drafting, citation validation, judge preference research, and local-rule compliance.
• Ability to define and measure key performance indicators tied to workflow efficiency, accuracy, and quality.
• Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to engage partner, associate, and business professional audiences.
• Experience training attorneys on technology adoption preferred.
• Published work or conference presentations on legal AI, drafting quality, or litigation innovation a plus.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Define clear success metrics and publish results to leadership and sponsors.
• Document workflows, prompts, and risk standards with KM, IT, and Security.
• Develop and deliver training programs, quick-start guides, and office hours for attorneys and staff.
• Lead change management initiatives tied to new workflow rollouts, including communication plans and adoption strategies.
• Collaborate with KM, Research, LPM, Pricing, IT, and Security for integration with firm systems.

Skills

Litigation innovation leadership

Data analysis

Training & mentoring

Change management

Communication & presentation

Workflow design

Retrieval-assisted drafting

Education

J.D. from an accredited law school

Active license & good standing (U.S. state bar)

Tools

Knowledge Management systems

Legal AI tooling

Job description

Jackson Walker is seeking a Litigation Practice Innovation Lead to drive workflow innovation across our litigation practices, from motions through trial preparation. You will partner with practice leaders and cross-functional teams to identify high-volume tasks, design pilots, and transition successful workflows into firmwide production.

The role emphasizes developing repeatable toolkits, optimizing drafting and review processes, and using technology-enabled solutions to improve quality and