Legal Engineer
Not your typical lawyer
Department Counsel at Jenner & Block (AmLaw 100) operating as a legal engineer. 10+ years in global investigations and eDiscovery across U.S., European, and Latin American jurisdictions. I build tools because the commercial version either doesn't exist, costs too much, or wasn't built for how lawyers actually work. Six published AI-powered legal tools on GitHub (github.com/veronica-builds): Court Filing Analyzer, Court Decision Extractor, Legal Timesheet Reviser, Legal Tool Vetting Assistant, ESI Protocol Generator, Legal Prompt Library. I've also built: a fully automated LinkedIn newsletter pipeline; an attorney workload tracking system that eliminated 30+ weekly manual status emails across a 30+ attorney team, still in active use; and a curriculum design agent for attorney AI training. I evaluated Harvey AI and CoCounsel as part of Jenner's AI pilot, and independently evaluated Legora and DeepJudge. I have firm access to Microsoft Copilot and Claude (web access), and have built workflows that extract full capability within those constraints. ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC). 250+ professionals coached. Co-facilitated the HNBA Latina Executive Leadership Program. 50+ training sessions delivered for PowerToFly and Udemy, 95% completion rate. Open to roles at legaltech companies and law firms with innovation mandates. EU-based and fully remote US-based roles both in scope.
Witness Interivew Simulator is a full-system investigative interview simulator that allows lawyers and compliance professionals to practice conducting realistic regulatory interviews. It models witness behavior, interview structure, evidentiary confrontation, and downstream risk escalation to train investigative judgment in a safe, repeatable environment.
I don't wait for someone else to fix the inefficiency or ship the tool. Whether it's a workflow eating 30 hours a week, a training gap no one has addressed, or a regulatory space attorneys aren't tracking, my instinct is to build something. That's not a side project mentality. That's how I work.