International law firm McDermott Will & Schulte has been recognized as a Top 15 Most Innovative Law Firm as part of the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Awards North America 2025.

Additionally, McDermott was recognized in two distinct Business of Law categories: Innovation in Knowledge & Data and Innovation in AI Strategy.

• Highly Commended | Business of Law: Innovation in Knowledge & Data: McDermott’s Knowledge Management (KM) team developed the Federal District Court Case Hub – a lawyer-designed dashboard that provides a unified view of nearly 1800 federal district court cases worked on by McDermott litigators since 2016, with 24 data fields, including information such as judge, jurisdiction, case type, and client industry as well as litigation analytics from Lex Machina. The KM team worked with McDermott litigators to address some of the most frequent subjects of PPTI emails and searches enabling instant access to key litigation intelligence and empowering our lawyers to deliver faster, smarter strategy across federal district court litigation.
• Commended | Business of Law: Innovation in AI Strategy: As one of the first firms to adopt Thomson Reuters’ CoCounsel, McDermott’s KM team developed three production-grade solutions that are transforming litigation, transactional diligence, and firm-wide knowledge capture.

The Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Awards North America 2025 report highlights the firms and in-house teams who are digitally advanced and use innovative approaches to deliver exceptional value to business and society. The report also highlights outstanding leaders and individuals bringing innovation to the practice of law.

Read the North America Innovative Lawyers report here.

Leading organizations turn to global law firm McDermott Will & Schulte for a better way to address legal challenges, connect with those at the forefront, and drive stronger outcomes. Working across more than 20 offices globally, our 1,750+ lawyers act on data-driven insights, deep relationships, and unmatched industry experience to deliver on our commitment of Always Better.