Pamela Dorian serves as the Innovation Lead for Litigation. In this unique role, she leads strategic efforts to strengthen the firm’s litigation practices through innovative workflow design, attorney training, and knowledge management. She oversees the implementation of innovation initiatives across all of the firm’s litigation departments — including commercial litigation, subrogation, and global insurance — and advises individual attorneys on practical technology solutions, from pleadings and discovery to trial preparation and appeals. Her ability to vet emerging technology through the lens of a seasoned litigator helps to empower attorney teams and accelerate client results.
Acting as a bridge among litigators, clients, vendors, and the Legal Practice Innovation team, Pamela leads training and education programs that improve attorney efficiency while maintaining the highest standards of confidentiality, security, and privilege. Her work is defined by a commitment to end-to-end process mapping, where she identifies friction points in the litigation lifecycle to design tech-enabled workflows that are both efficient and defensible. Through this structured approach, she guides the firm in the responsible use of artificial intelligence within its broader information governance framework. Pamela also works closely with the firm’s AI engineering team to design and build novel tools that streamline day-to-day litigation work and translate complex legal processes into scalable litigation efficiencies.
Pamela brings cutting‑edge expertise to her leadership role. Recognizing the transformative impact of generative AI on the legal profession, she completed executive education programs at Harvard Law School and UC Berkeley Law focused on computer science and generative AI, respectively. She further refined her technical skill set through advanced generative AI prompting certifications developed by the University of Michigan Law School and Vanderbilt University. In 2025, she shared her insights in a CLE presentation on advocacy and legal writing, which she delivered to approximately one hundred attorneys across firm practice groups.
Pamela’s approach to innovation is anchored in a decade of experience in the firm’s Commercial Litigation department. She represented Fortune 500 companies, global manufacturers, and industry leaders across sectors — including health care, construction, gaming, and insurance — in high-stakes, high-complexity cases. Her litigation experience spanned the full arc of commercial disputes, from pre‑suit strategy through trial and appeal. She brought a rare blend of courtroom tenacity and strategic foresight to every matter.
Pamela’s notable achievements include winning summary judgments, securing favorable verdicts in jury trials, and negotiating settlements that save clients significant time, cost, and reputational risk. She handled a wide range of complex matters, including contractual disputes, antitrust, appellate, construction, product liability, consumer fraud, medical malpractice, environmental torts, and business torts. That same meticulous preparation and strategic approach now guide her innovation mission, ensuring that technology and AI governance align with how litigators actually work on the ground.
A standout moment in Pamela’s career was her selection to serve as an Assistant District Attorney in the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office through Cozen O’Connor’s secondment program. Over one year, she prosecuted hundreds of misdemeanor trials and felony preliminary hearings in Philadelphia Municipal Court, tried numerous bench trials to verdict, and argued dozens of evidentiary hearings on behalf of the Commonwealth. Regularly handling charges such as attempted murder, drug trafficking, aggravated assaults, burglaries, robberies, DUIs, and firearm possession. This front-line courtroom experience grounds her credibility with trial teams and informs her commitment to streamlining workflows that survive the heat of a courtroom.
Pamela has been previously recognized by her peers in the Pennsylvania legal community. She received the Legal Intelligencer Professional Excellence Unsung Hero Award in 2023 and was repeatedly named a Rising Star by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers.
In further recognition of her leadership, Pamela was previously appointed by firm management as a co‑chair of the Associates Committee. Later, as a Member, Pamela was selected as an Assignment Coordinator for the firm’s summer associate program. She remains involved in law student and lateral recruiting, as well as mentoring summer associates and junior attorneys. She is also committed to community engagement, including volunteering as a judge for mock trial competitions.
Pamela received her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where she was awarded a three-year Dean’s Merit Scholarship and the H. Kruger Kaprielian Scholarship. While at UVA, she served on the Journal of Law & Politics, advised undergraduates interested in law school, represented local residents in the Criminal Defense Clinic, and spent a summer as a judicial intern on the Pennsylvania Superior Court.
Prior to law school, Pamela graduated magna cum laude from Pennsylvania State University with three bachelor’s degrees — in philosophy, political science, and communication arts and sciences — and two minors in international studies and classics. She graduated with distinction from the Schreyer Honors College and the inaugural class of the Paterno Fellows Program, earning multiple scholarships and awards, including the Eugene N. Borza Award and the Ray H. Dotterer Award.