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Leading the way in GenAI

Meet Athena, our generative AI assistant. Professionals throughout the firm have embraced Athena to help work more efficiently and effectively.

Athena, Our Generative AI Assistant

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.

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

Helping you embrace the future of AI

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.