Jobs at McDermott Will & Schulte

Reviews and transfers client data during attorney departures, protecting client privilege, firm proprietary information, and intellectual property. Uses Relativity, eDiscovery, data management, artificial intelligence, and analytics tools to prepare, search, review, code, and automate document workflows. Develops transfer protocols, documents review processes, researches emerging technologies, maintains quality, and manages transition timelines and communications.

Supports People Analytics through HR data analysis, dashboards, reporting, workforce modeling, and employee listening programs. Designs and analyzes surveys, focus groups, and feedback channels; identifies trends; and translates findings into actionable recommendations for leaders. Manages Qualtrics, Workday Peakon, and Workday Reporting capabilities while partnering with HRIS and IT to ensure accurate, secure, and governed people data. Evaluates HR programs, supports workforce planning, and improves analytical practices across the global HR function.

Manages information governance, risk, and compliance initiatives focused on attorney and client onboarding, offboarding, client transfers, legal holds, and electronically stored information. Coordinates data identification, collection, classification, transfer, metadata accuracy, repository tracking, security controls, and workspace access. Supports attorneys and business teams, resolves policy inquiries, develops compliance procedures and educational materials, and contributes to technology workflows, integrations, analytics, and internal controls.

Executes digital marketing campaigns in Eloqua, including emails, forms, landing pages, audience segmentation, testing, deployment, QA, and reporting. Troubleshoots campaign, integration, HTML, CSS, and data issues; supports Marketing and Business Development teams; coordinates offshore execution; maintains platform governance and documentation; analyzes performance and recommends improvements. Requires five or more years of related experience and advanced marketing automation expertise.

Coordinates law student recruiting and summer associate programs across assigned offices. Manages law school relationships, outreach, interviews, candidate communications, offers, applicant tracking data, events, budgets, invoices, background checks, reporting, and recruiting process improvements while supporting firm-wide talent acquisition initiatives.

Prepares standard and ad hoc financial reports on practice group, office, and attorney performance. Supports monthly reporting packages, management review calls, budgeting, lateral hire analysis, bank surveys, financial system maintenance, and data audits. Investigates financial inquiries, extracts data from reporting systems, resolves issues collaboratively, and ensures reporting accuracy and compliance with procedures.

Conducts conflict-of-interest analysis for new business and lateral hires, prepares and presents conflict reports, advises attorneys and firm committees on ethical screens and waivers, reviews engagement letters and outside counsel guidelines, and performs legal research concerning conflicts clearance, lateral hiring, and ethical walls.

Oversee the security of firm applications, networks, systems, hardware, and mobile devices throughout their lifecycles. Develop security requirements and architecture, manage controls and configurations, perform certification and accreditation, maintain asset inventories, and ensure secure development and acquisition practices. Collaborate across departments and mentor team members while serving as a primary technical security contact. The role requires independent judgment, strong analytical ability, knowledge of security frameworks and technologies, and at least seven years of related experience.

The Knowledge and Innovation Counsel leads AI and knowledge management initiatives for assigned legal practice groups. Responsibilities include identifying use cases, guiding attorneys on AI tools, customizing prompts and workflows, curating precedents and playbooks, delivering legal and technology training, analyzing adoption data, supporting solution development, monitoring legal technology developments, and representing innovation priorities to firm leadership. The role also mentors junior knowledge professionals and partners with attorneys, clients, and technology teams.

Manages full-cycle recruiting for non-attorney business professionals. Partners with hiring managers and HR to assess staffing needs, develop recruiting plans, source candidates, conduct screenings, recommend finalists, prepare competitive salary offers, manage staffing agencies, build talent pipelines, and maintain accurate ATS records. The role requires strong communication, organization, multitasking, data analysis, and knowledge of recruiting practices and ATS systems.

Supports Tax and Private Client marketing by executing campaigns, thought leadership, email nurture programs, events, website content, videos, social media, and promotional materials. Maintains lawyer biographies, analyzes campaign performance using KPIs and dashboards, monitors industry and competitor trends, and identifies opportunities to improve engagement, generate demand, and support cross-selling.

Provides strategic leadership for U.S. accounting operations, financial reporting, general ledger integrity, accounting governance, internal controls, and compliance. Develops accounting strategy, oversees accounting standards and reporting processes, monitors financial performance and risks, and leads cross-functional transformation involving systems, workflows, reporting platforms, and data governance. Drives continuous improvement, strengthens controls, and partners with leadership to improve financial insights and operational effectiveness.

Manages business development for the employment practice group by developing growth strategies, expanding client relationships, identifying cross-selling opportunities, overseeing RFPs and proposals, integrating lateral partners, managing budgets, guiding team performance, supporting attorney business plans, coordinating events, reviewing marketing collateral, and monitoring market trends.

Manage and improve Contract-to-Cash systems (billing, A/R, collections, revenue management) through operational support, roadmap ownership, process discovery, requirements definition, vendor management, automation/AI pilots, system enhancements, testing, deployment, controls alignment, and metrics-driven continuous improvement across accounting and finance functions.

Provides legal support throughout employment litigation, including case-file management, legal research, discovery, document preparation and filing, cite checking, docketing, trial preparation, exhibit and witness coordination, courtroom logistics, and post-trial filings. The role works with attorneys, courts, clients, vendors, and government agencies while handling confidential information and meeting tight deadlines.

Provide data-entry and administrative support for client fee arrangements, rate setup changes, and non-standard arrangement records. Manage assignment of change requests, group inbox triage, and respond to time, billing, and disbursement rule inquiries while following established guidelines and working under direct supervision.

Lead the firms awards and recognition program: develop strategy and annual calendar, identify high-value opportunities, draft and edit submissions to firm style and AP Style, partner with internal teams, track outcomes in CRM, analyze metrics, and support directory submissions.

Provide legal advice and governance for firm-wide AI initiatives, partnering with IT, security, procurement, and business teams. Advise on data use, privacy, IP, confidentiality, vendor contracts, and regulatory developments; develop policies, training, and standards to enable responsible AI adoption and mitigate operational, legal, and reputational risk.

Support the business development team by preparing RFP responses, maintaining CRM and matter tracking, coordinating events and webinars, creating BD collateral, compiling client and market research, and providing administrative and project support to attorneys.

Build and maintain centralized pricing data infrastructure, scalable workflows, and data pipelines; integrate AI capabilities; deliver pricing tools, reporting, and governance to support data-driven pricing and budgeting across the firm.