Grant Hewlett

About Grant Hewlett

Grant is a legal strategy and operations executive who works with leading global law firms, nationally recognized practices, premier regional boutiques, and major corporate legal teams to improve financial performance and operational execution. His work focuses on solving underperformance, aligning strategy with delivery, and building operating models that enhance profitability, scalability, and long-term organizational health.His approach is grounded in commercial discipline and practical execution rather than abstract modernization. He is known for helping firms strengthen realization, accelerate billing and collections, streamline intake and conflicts operations, improve staffing and throughput, and address structural issues that limit practice group performance. His work consistently delivers measurable gains in efficiency, margin, and partner confidence.Increasingly, Grant advises firm and legal department leadership on how innovation and emerging technologies, including AI, intersect with operating models, governance, and talent strategy. He focuses not on tools alone, but on how new capabilities change workflows, decision rights, accountability, and the attorney experience. His work helps organizations ensure that technology investments translate into durable performance improvements rather than isolated pilots.With more than 15 years of experience across Big4 consulting, BigLaw operations, and ALSP leadership, Grant has served in roles ranging from consultant and project manager to practice director and partner. This background gives him a comprehensive view of how legal organizations function at every level. He advises senior partners, practice chairs, managing partners, innovation leaders, and C-suite executives on revenue lifecycle transformation, practice management, operational strategy, and legal service delivery.His experience includes directing complex strategy and performance engagements, building and scaling consulting practices, leading multidisciplinary teams, managing full P&L responsibility, and driving cross-functional initiatives that span finance, operations, technology, and talent.Grant is recognized for translating data and analytics into clear, actionable guidance that strengthens decision-making, supports business development priorities, and drives sustainable growth across litigation, corporate, and advisory practices. He partners with organizations that want to elevate performance, sharpen execution, and integrate innovation in a way that is financially meaningful and operationally sound.

Experience

1. Partner

   Gradient Legal Consulting

   Oct 2024 — Present · Austin, TX, US

Education

• Florida College

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Business Administration and Management

• Texas McCombs School of Business

  Postgraduate, Business and Data Analytics

  2018 — 2020

Skills

• Project Management
• Engagement Economics
• Pricing Strategy
• Business Analysis
• Project Control
• Financial Analysis
• Business Operations
• Earned Value Management
• Budgets
• Project Portfolio Management
• Bpmn
• Business Process Improvement
• Business Strategy
• Management Consulting
• Software Selection
• Program Management
• Financial Reporting