Legal Support Manager
$113,925–$189,875 year
HybridDenver, Colorado, United States or Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Job Summary
Oversee the Legal Team Trainer and legal support teams by providing day-to-day direction, optimizing workflows, and ensuring responsive client service. Supervise Legal Team Coordinators and administrative staff, managing workload distribution, scheduling, and performance evaluations. Partner with HR on hiring decisions, employee relations, and termination recommendations while delivering constructive feedback and coaching. Evaluate software and process opportunities to enhance efficiency across all legal teams and ensure staff possess necessary skillsets and tools. Collaborate with legal services providers to align resources with business needs and implement strategies that improve productivity.
Required Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED/equivalent
- Seven (7) years of legal assistant experience
- Ability to quickly learn and utilize new software
- Knowledge of federal, state, and local court rules
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent organizational skills
- Ability to work effectively under pressure
- Ability to work effectively independently, as part of a team, and as a leader of a team
- Excellent judgment, problem solving and decision-making skills
- Must be highly collaborative
- Ability to serve as a positive team leader, advocating for the team and the values of the firm with a focus on the business
- Ability to sit, stand and/or walk for extended periods of time
- Manipulate (lift, carry, move) weights of at least ten (10) pounds
- Have repetitive wrist/hand/finger movement to work on a computer and/or related office equipment
- Speak clearly and concisely so listeners can understand
- Regularly understand the speech of another person
- Requires the ability to be in an assigned H&H office a minimum of 3+ days per week
- If working remotely, must have a workspace that meets the Telecommuting policy guidelines
- For the first 90 days of employment, this position will be in-office every day
- After completion of 90 days, this position may allow for a hybrid schedule generally in-office a minimum of three (3) days per week
- Additional days in-office may be required depending on business need and the demands of specific tasks
- The hybrid work structure may change at any time, including the number of in-office days requirement
Desired Qualifications
- Two (2) years of leadership experience
- Experience in a legal teaming/pooling model
- Experience evaluating, monitoring, and administering workflows
- Knowledge of BigHand, iManage, Intapp, Emburse, and CourtAlert, or similar software
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