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September 5, 2025
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Generative AI (GenAI) is streamlining processes, enhancing accuracy, and enabling unprecedented levels of efficiency in and beyond the legal industry. Troutman Pepper Locke was among the first large law firms to build and deploy a GenAI assistant, Athena. Attorneys and professional staff across the firm’s offices use Athena to summarize documents, analyze legal work, draft content, brainstorm ideas, visualize timelines, and create images.
Browse below for news, case studies, videos, and more information about how our GPT-powered tool is transforming legal service delivery and benefiting clients.
Attorneys and professional staff turn to Athena to save time and improve work product. See how the GenAI assistant is helping the firm and clients:
A Head Start on Thought Leadership
Watch how Associate Emma Trivax uses Athena to summarize a 160+ page document to help inform article on top takeaways for health care providers.
Simplifying the Trademark Application Process
Watch how Partner Austin Padgett uses Athena to identify a comprehensive range of goods and services for a client’s trademark application.
Athena: Setting the Standard in Legal AI
1200+
Active Monthly Users in 2025
200,000+
Unique Conversations in Less Than 2 Years
70%
Have Used It 5 or More Times
Best Use of AI in a Law Firm
Most Innovative Law Firms in North America
Law Firm Innovator of the Year 2024
Firm News
Troutman Pepper Locke Celebrates Successful Integration and Strategic Growth One Year Post-Merger Vote
September 5, 2025
Firm News
One Year Later: How Troutman Pepper’s Generative AI Assistant Athena Has Transformed Legal Services Delivery
August 21, 2024
Firm News
Troutman Pepper to Host First-of-its-Kind Generative AI Summit for Law Firms
May 9, 2024
Press Coverage
We Asked Every Am Law 100 Law Firm How They’re Using Gen AI. Here’s What We Learned
January 29, 2024
With multidisciplinary capabilities and extensive experience, our team is especially well-positioned to help companies understand and respond to dynamic legal frameworks as they architect and adopt machine learning and AI tools.
Leading the energy evolution.
Learn more
From compliance to the courtroom, we have you covered.
Learn more
Helping you focus on what matters – improving human health.
Learn more
Trusted advisors to leading insurers for 100+ years.
Learn more
Unlocking value in the middle market and beyond.
Learn more
Full-service legal advice from coast to coast.
Learn more
Applying radical applications of common sense
Explore More
Our standard-setting client experience program.
Explore more
Delivering life-changing help to those most in need.
Explore More
Our firm’s greatest asset is our people.
Explore More
Market-leading eDiscovery and data management services.
Explore more
The Pepper Center for Public Services
Explore more
Strategies helps businesses and individuals solve the complexities of dealing with the government at every level. Our team of specialists concentrate exclusively on government affairs, representing clients nationwide who need assistance with public policy, advocacy, and government relations strategies.
This unique program provides innovative and affordable opportunities to startups and early-stage emerging companies with a solid technology or scientific foundation. We help companies that have a quality management team in place and do not have other significant legal representation.
eMerge’s lawyers and technologists work together to deliver strategic end-to-end eDiscovery and data management solutions for litigation, investigations, due diligence, and compliance matters. We help clients discover the information necessary to resolve disputes, respond to investigations, conduct due diligence, and comply with legal requirements.
Stay ahead of the curve and in touch with our latest thinking on the issues that are top of mind across our practices and industry sectors.
Change happens fast in today’s turbulent world. Stay on top of the latest with our industry-specific channels.
Take a closer look at how we partner with clients to help them realize their goals.