Andy Peterson

About Andy Peterson

As co-founder of Design Build Legal, I lead lawyers in designing better experiences for clients: more transparent, more collaborative, and more efficient, where decision-making is driven by data as much as by gut feeling.Prior to starting DBL, I helped drive DWT De Novo, the innovation effort within Davis Wright Tremaine. At DWT, we took innovation from a collection of grassroots projects, to a firm-supported initiative for internal improvement, and finally to a client-focused effort to drive revenue, client loyalty, and brand awareness. Now, with Design Build Legal, we are bringing those skills and experiences to firms that are just starting their innovation journeys.If you’re looking to get started - or to pick up the pace - let\'s talk. Let’s mine the data that is generated throughout an engagement, let’s visualize it, and let’s learn from it. Let’s identify what work really needs doing, and make sure the right type of person is doing it. Let’s take apart a process without taking the department offline. Let’s blur the lines between in-house and outside counsel, and understand the goals of the business so that everyone is pointed in the same direction.

Experience

1. Co-founder

   Design Build Legal

   Sep 2016 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   We bridge the gap between law firms and legal departments to help create distinctive, 21st-century legal solutions. We help in-house counsel and legal operations professionals to get more value from their law firm relationships, and we help the firms to differentiate themselves versus their competitors.

Education

• University of Puget Sound

  B.A., Business Leadership

  1997 — 2001

Skills

• Photoshop
• Public Relations
• Social Media
• Excel
• Editing
• Marketing Communications
• Project Management
• Process Improvement
• Leadership
• Business Development
• Marketing
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Management
• Business Process Improvement