Innovation Attorney - Regulatory

King & Spalding•Columbia, WA

13h•Hybrid

About The Position

King & Spalding is a leading global law firm committed to excellence, innovation, and the seamless delivery of legal services. This role serves as an advisor to lawyers, matter teams, clients, and practice groups in the regulatory area of law. The Innovation Attorney will be responsible for aligning the latest innovative legal technologies and practice methods with legal workflows, including generative artificial intelligence, data and analytics, and productivity and legal tech services to optimize value, insights, efficiency, and productivity. This role acts as a connection point between the firm’s lawyers, clients, and the Technology Department to ensure technology systems, tools, and services effectively meet the needs of practicing attorneys and clients. Reporting to the Director of Practice Tech & AI, this role will collaborate with practice leaders, members of the firm’s Technology & Innovation Committee, the Technology Leadership Team, and other leaders to enable practice workflows with innovative technology.

Requirements

A JD or equivalent, and admission to the relevant state bar
A minimum of two years of experience as a practicing lawyer in a law firm or in a legal operations role; regulatory experience.
Experienced in and passionate about the strategic application of innovative technology in the regulatory practice of law at a leading global law firm.
Proficiency with technology, legal technology, and artificial intelligence.
Demonstrated experience of participating in strategic legal technology related projects, and particularly in evaluating and implementing legal tech solutions, in a large law firm or corporate/financial institution legal department or enterprise level, strongly preferred.
Knowledge of the lifecycle of a regulatory legal matter is strongly preferred.
Awareness of or light experience with techniques aimed at increasing adoption of legal tech tools and different methods of engaging and enabling lawyers is highly desirable.
Experience in business analysis, solution design, consulting and/or client-facing roles.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office products.
Ability to engage in design thinking, being able to conceptualize and implement a project from end-to-end.
Ability to communicate technical concepts in clear, non-technical language to stakeholders.
Strong customer service and problem-solving mindset.
Effective team player in diverse environments; thrives under pressure and meets shifting deadlines.
Pragmatic, self-motivated, flexible and good team player.
Self-starter with high initiative; detail-oriented, organized, and multitasking.

Responsibilities

Partnering with practice groups in the regulatory areas of law to develop strategies for optimizing efficiencies and improving delivery of legal services through application of GenAI and other technological resources.
Engaging directly with practitioners, rolling up sleeves, and applying solutions to specific matters in a tailored manner.
Being a catalyst for replicating practice group successes by applying learned lessons from one team or matter to others, magnifying the value and impact of innovation.
Configuring legal technologies and platforms to meet practice group needs, for example with the development of templates or custom workflows.
Identifying areas of opportunity for enhancing technology solutions to better meet the needs of clients and practice groups by partnering across the technology department and firm to consider related investments and enhancement projects.
Serving as a liaison for clients interested in collaborating on AI projects, working with practice groups to meet client needs and demonstrate firm capabilities.
Onboarding client teams, developing shared workflows, and ensuring alignment with client guidelines and requirements.
Responding to client inquiries regarding firm legal tech functionality, security, and ethical use in legal service delivery.
Implementing and assisting with targeted outreach initiatives to increase lawyer awareness and engagement with existing and emerging technologies, in partnership with training and communications teams.
Partnering on projects across the firm with teams such as business development, professional development, technology training and communications, talent management, risk management, records, and various technology teams.
Staying abreast of legal industry trends and emerging technologies and innovative new offerings, both legal and non-legal.
Providing updates and analysis of new technologies and industry trends to firm management and practice group leadership.
Communicating with third-party vendors to foster strong relationships and an ongoing information exchange related to new and existing products and services, while fostering strategic relationships with industry organizations and innovation thought leaders.
Protecting and maintaining sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information associated with the firm and our clients.
Performing other duties as assigned or required to meet Firm goals and objectives.
Aligning working hours as necessary to support global teams and business partners.