Labor and employment law firm scaling AI workflows and legal tech automation
Ogletree Deakins is a 1,000+ person labor and employment law practice built on Microsoft Office, legal research (Lexis-Nexis, Westlaw), and case-management tools (Relativity, iManage). Active projects around AI-driven legal technology, workflow automation, and data-driven document handling, paired with pain points around billable-hour reduction and legal workflow efficiency, signal a firm moving beyond traditional legal services into operational automation. Hiring skews heavily toward legal roles (159 of 214 open positions), with a secondary push into data, engineering, and support—reflecting a mix of practice growth and internal tech buildout.
Notable leadership hires: Administration Director
Ogletree Deakins represents employers and management across labor, employment, business immigration, employee benefits, and occupational safety. The firm operates across the United States, Europe, Canada, and Mexico, serving clients from Fortune 50 corporations to early-stage companies. With roots in Atlanta (founded 1977), the practice now spans multiple offices and specialties. Current operational work includes scaling administrative platforms, enhancing document automation, streamlining legal workflows, and piloting generative AI solutions for internal and client-facing work. The firm is actively recruiting across legal, HR, support, and emerging technical functions.
Core systems: Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Outlook, Azure; legal-specific tools (Lexis-Nexis, Westlaw, Relativity, iManage); CRM (Salesforce); HR (UltiPro, UKG); recruiting (LinkedIn Recruiter, iCIMS). Also uses Workshare, Smartsheet, Python, SQL, and Adobe Acrobat Pro.
Projects include AI-driven legal technology, generative AI workflow automation, administrative platform scaling, document automation, on-campus recruiting process improvements, project visibility platforms, real estate portfolio management, and data automation capabilities.
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