Jobs at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman

Leads marketing strategy and activation for assigned legal practices and business units. Develops positioning, messaging, integrated campaigns, annual marketing plans, KPIs, and measurement frameworks aligned with business development and growth objectives. Advises senior leaders on market positioning and audience engagement, identifies growth opportunities, and coordinates cross-functional marketing initiatives across the firm.

Prepares and distributes accurate pre-bills, invoices, and billing reports; reviews accounts, follows up on unbilled matters, supports billing attorneys, and troubleshoots billing issues. The role requires strong organizational, communication, computer, typing, and attention-to-detail skills, along with knowledge of legal billing procedures and billing systems.

Leads knowledge management and innovation strategy for transactional legal business units. Oversees multidisciplinary teams, legal technology and AI adoption, process improvement, precedent and knowledge assets, matter intelligence, reporting, and operational transformation. Partners with attorneys, practice leaders, IT, and business services to improve legal workflows, drive adoption, establish quality standards, and deliver measurable efficiency and client-service outcomes across multiple offices.

Coordinates attorney recruiting, candidate communications, interviews, law school outreach, recruiting events, onboarding, summer associate programs, and attorney engagement initiatives. Maintains recruiting systems and records, tracks metrics and deadlines, supports budgets and vendors, and assists with strategic recruiting projects. The role collaborates with firm leadership, attorneys, human resources, candidates, law schools, and administrative teams to deliver a strong candidate and attorney experience.

Leads knowledge management and innovation strategy for Regulatory and Tax business units at a law firm. Oversees multidisciplinary teams, develops knowledge-sharing and AI-enabled legal service initiatives, manages technology adoption and process improvement, establishes operational metrics, and partners with attorneys, leadership, IT, and Legal Operations. Requires a J.D., significant legal practice and knowledge management experience, team leadership, legal technology expertise, and organizational change management skills.

Leads adoption, implementation, training, and continuous improvement for legal technology and AI-enabled applications. Serves as product owner for assigned solutions, managing roadmaps, backlogs, user requirements, releases, vendor relationships, stakeholder engagement, and utilization metrics. Partners with attorneys, business professionals, technology teams, and firm leadership to translate workflows into practical technology solutions, drive change management, and improve legal service delivery.

Designs and evolves enterprise Azure Databricks lakehouse architecture, data models, ingestion and transformation pipelines, governance, security, quality controls, and PostgreSQL stores. Integrates enterprise data sources and develops governed datasets for analytics, AI agents, and RAG workflows. Establishes standards, monitors performance and costs, supports deployment and recovery, and provides technical leadership, design reviews, documentation, and mentorship across technology and business teams.

Provides administrative and legal practice support to attorneys, paralegals, and legal professionals. Responsibilities include preparing and proofreading legal documents, organizing files and binders, assisting with filings and document production, tracking deadlines, coordinating meetings and travel, managing billing and timekeeping records, and communicating with clients and external contacts. The role requires strong Microsoft Office skills, attention to detail, organization, confidentiality, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a hybrid environment.

Pillsbury seeks a mid-level Corporate and Securities Associate for its New York office. The role advises emerging companies, entrepreneurs, and financiers on corporate matters including formation, venture capital transactions, M&A, technology transfers, joint ventures, and outside general counsel work. Candidates need strong academics, New York bar admission, Excel and cap table/waterfall modeling fluency, and excellent research and writing skills.

Leads firmwide communications, change management, training, and adoption initiatives supporting AI and technology transformation. Develops campaigns, stakeholder engagement plans, training resources, and internal narratives; measures effectiveness and refines programs. Partners with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to build AI literacy, organizational readiness, and sustained adoption while mentoring junior staff.

Supports evaluation, testing, rollout, measurement, and ongoing management of AI-enabled and legal technology solutions. Coordinates pilots, tracks product roadmaps and releases, monitors adoption, develops reports and dashboards, researches emerging capabilities, gathers user feedback, and maintains project documentation. Partners with technical and nontechnical stakeholders to assess product performance, identify adoption gaps, support training and communications, and inform rollout decisions.

Provides comprehensive paralegal support for U.S., PCT, and foreign patent prosecution matters. Prepares and files patent applications, formalities documents, amendments, and responses; monitors complex dockets and deadlines; processes patent office correspondence; maintains records and databases; researches patent-related issues; prepares reports; and communicates with clients, attorneys, patent professionals, and foreign associates.

Represent clients in communications law matters involving space and satellite technologies, unmanned aviation systems, spectrum access, national security, equipment authorization, broadcast, and media. Handle regulatory advocacy, technology transactions, and related litigation before federal agencies, interagency committees, courts, and international regulators. Conduct legal research and writing while collaborating with partners and developing expertise in communications regulation.

Pillsbury seeks a mid-level energy associate to support nuclear, fusion, and broader energy infrastructure matters. Responsibilities include drafting and negotiating commercial, procurement, development, supply, and project agreements; supporting project development, financing, regulatory, licensing, compliance, and export control matters; and managing substantive workstreams and client relationships. Candidates need a J.D. or equivalent, 3–5 years of relevant legal experience, strong transactional or regulatory skills, excellent legal writing, and admission or eligibility for the District of Columbia Bar.

Supports attorneys with corporate and securities transactions, including IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, entity formation, venture capital financings, stock option plans, and corporate governance. Maintains capitalization records, corporate records, and minute books; prepares securities filings, formation and closing documents; supports deal closings and post-closing tasks; and conducts due diligence and securities research.

Supports accounts receivable collections from initial follow-up through resolution. Reviews aged balances, contacts clients, provides invoices and account documentation, researches payment discrepancies, documents collection activity, coordinates with attorneys and Finance personnel, escalates sensitive issues, and prepares recurring and ad hoc reports. The role requires strong Excel skills, accuracy, organization, communication, discretion, and client-service judgment.

Provide corporate and securities legal counsel for technology companies, handling M&A (public and private), financings, corporate formation, governance, compliance, and transaction management. Draft and negotiate agreements, supervise junior associates, support IPOs and SEC reporting, and work closely with entrepreneurs, VCs and emerging growth clients in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.

Support corporate securities transactions for technology clients including IPOs, M&A, financings, and re-incorporations. Maintain capitalization records and corporate minute books, prepare and file federal and blue sky securities notices, assist with formation and closing documents, support diligence, and manage stock option plans using cap table software. Use DocuSign and MS Office; work overtime as needed.

Assist attorneys with global trademark and copyright management, filing, disputes, and maintaining client databases and communications.

The Technical Support Analyst provides first and second-tier IT support for Asia offices, managing tickets, and ensuring user satisfaction with IT services.