Job Title: Paralegal Manager

Location: Baltimore MD 21202, Richmond VA 23219, Charlotte NC 28202, Chicago IL 60601, Los Angeles CA 90067 (Century City), Washington DC 20006, New York NY 10020, and Tysons VA 22102

Salary/Payrate: $140K-$185K (depending on location and experience) annually bonus and AWESOME benefits!!!

Work Environment:  Hybrid (2 of days WFH — Tuesday and Wednesday are mandatory in office days)

Term: Permanent / Fulltime

Bachelor’s degree required: Yes

Referral Fee: AMS will pay $500 should the person you refer gets hired

JOB DESCRIPTION #LI-SD1

The Paralegal Manager works under the direction of the Director of Paralegal and Legal Support services to oversee the Firm’s paralegals and serves as a firm resource on paralegals and legal support. The ideal candidate possesses excellent interpersonal and communication skills to liaise with personnel at all levels of the firm in order to handle sensitive, urgent and confidential information appropriately and professionally.

Responsibilities

• Management and oversight of the Paralegals, Case Assistants and Legal Support employees.
• Plan and coordinate the delegation and tracking of work assignments
• Monitor overall utilization of paralegals and case assistants.
• Review, develop and administer training and development curriculum, including managing third-party programs and licenses for paralegals and legal support.
• Update and maintain paralegal program documents, training materials and other resources including the Portal page content.
• Generate, analyze, and summarize various management reports including but not limited to overtime reports, time entry compliance tracking, productivity reports, etc.
• Develop and cultivate positive working relationships with Department Chairs and Paralegal Coordinator.
• Customarily and regularly direct the work of direct reports. Exercises authority to hire/terminate or particular weight is given to the recommendation/suggestion of hire, termination, advancement, promotion or other status change regarding those employees.
• Supervision includes, but is not limited to, interviewing, selecting and training employees, setting and adjusting pay and work hours, preparing and conducting performance appraisals, coaching and counseling and planning/apportioning work among employees.
• Perform additional duties as directed.



Qualifications

• Requires Bachelor’s degree and at least three years of experience as a supervisor to professional services staff in a law firm environment.
• Managing a team of 20+ paralegals, cases assistants and other non-billable support staff
• Paralegal experience required.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with all levels within the Firm.
• Professional demeanor at all times.
• PC skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and other firm provided software.
• Ability to travel to other office locations as needed.