Brad Newman

Associate Director, Practice Innovation Services
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I thoroughly enjoy problem solving and designing products and processes that work for lawyers, support staff and clients alike.

About Brad

Brad Newman is driving innovation at Cooley by working with legal professionals, business analysts, application developers and other stakeholders to identify, scope, design, iterate and implement practice and client-focused products, processes and services that enhance the gathering, processing and harnessing of actionable knowledge and data-centric intelligence to support the delivery of legal services to clients.

Prior to Cooley, Brad cofounded a legal technology startup focused on connecting startups with attorneys, then served as director of legal affairs at StartX, an accelerator for startup companies based out of Stanford. Before that, he practiced for several years at Ogilvy Renault (now part of Norton Rose Fulbright) in Toronto in their corporate/TTG group.

Speaking Engagements

  • Presented at the Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute's Law Firm Marketing Partner Forum on the topic "Rethinking Service Delivery & Process Engineering in Response to New Competition"
  • Participant on the Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute's West Coast Legal Executive Forum panel "Managing 360º: Collaboration, Innovation & the Evolving Role of Law Firm Business Professionals"

Education

University of Windsor Faculty of Law
JD, 2007

Stanford Law School
LLM, 2011

Western University
BA, 2004, Media, Information and Technoculture

Memberships and affiliations

American Bar Association (ABA)

State Bar of California

Canadian Bar Association

Law Society of Upper Canada