L&E Legal Secretary - Hybrid Opportunity

At Seyfarth, we understand that great people are the key to our success, and we provide the opportunities to match. If you join us, you’ll work with state-of-the-art technology in a friendly and professional environment, and we will continue to invest in your professional development. If you want the freedom to grow at a firm that is invested in your future, keep reading.

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THE OPPORTUNITY:

As a Legal Support Manager, you will manage the daily operations of the Atlanta legal support teams including overseeing 20 paralegals, 20 secretaries and 10 case assistants across all practice areas, ensuring all work is completed accurately and timely. You will be responsible for building a collaborative team across all practice areas within the office.

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THE DAY-TO-DAY:

On any given day, you will:

• Supervise the Atlanta Legal Secretarial, Paralegal, Case Assistant teams, including overseeing their day-to-day activities including quality of their work product, performance management, employee relations and professional development.
• Monitor timekeepers’ time distribution reports, billable targets, and overtime hours; maximize utilization of existing resources and workload.
• Oversee and direct, as necessary, departments’ workload and workflow; respond to emergency requests and ad hoc projects; manage secretarial assignments for optimum benefit.
• Conduct daily walk-throughs to ensure staff are engaged and clients’ needs are met.
• ?Work closely with the Atlanta Office Administrator to ensure a smooth business operation. Provide back-up support for the OA, as needed.
• Determine and communicate paralegal and case assistants’ operational procedures, such as assigning work, billable hours’ requirements, daily time entry, professional development opportunities, etc.
• Train, coach and mentor direct reports to reach their full potential to improve direct reports’ skills, service levels, cost management, and efficiency. Builds supportive environment for paralegal and case assistant team.
• Work in collaboration with HR and department leaders, interviews and selects secretary, paralegal and case assistant candidates and new hires.
• Review Carpe Diem records, and approve Kronos and PTO requests.
• Partner with department leaders, Atlanta management team and/or Office Administrator to ensures proper departmental coverage, adjusting team members’ responsibilities, as needed, to cover absences and/or periods of heavy workload. Ensure even distribution of work to determine future headcount.
• Any other duties and ad-hoc projects, as assigned.

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YOU HAVE:

• A high school degree. College graduate preferred.
• Minimum of 7+ years of previous Paralegal/Secretarial experience in a law firm or other professional services setting of comparable size required.
• Previous supervisory and performance management experience required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and related technologies.
• Thorough knowledge of legal processes and terminology.
• Excellent customer service, interpersonal, communication and organizational skills, an ability to multi-task effectively, professionalism and diplomacy.
• Ability to make effective supervisory decisions and work effectively within a team environment.
• Ability to work discreetly and sensitively with confidential information and in various situations.

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WHAT WE PROVIDE:

Seyfarth provides competitive salary and benefits at all levels, and our culture embraces the entrepreneurial spirit of its professionals like no other firm. Our allied professionals are a collaborative team, helping to define the unique client experience offered by the firm. We understand that it takes more than attorneys to build a successful legal practice; everyone participates in our commitment to excellence.?

We are also proud to be an influential leader in inclusion and diversity. The firm has been recognized for our efforts by the Human Rights Campaign and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. We are Mansfield 2.0 certified, a reflection of our ongoing commitment to advancing candidates from underrepresented groups.

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MORE ABOUT SEYFARTH:

With more than 900 lawyers across 17 offices, Seyfarth Shaw LLP provides advisory, litigation, and transactional legal services to clients worldwide. Learn more about The Seyfarth Experience at www.seyfarth.com/careers/.

Seyfarth Shaw is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, change of sex or transgender status, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.

To achieve our goal of equal opportunity, Seyfarth Shaw maintains an affirmative action plan through which it makes good faith efforts to recruit, hire and advance in employment qualified minorities, females, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans. If you would like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please click EEO is the LAW and the Supplement poster through the followinglink: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/migrated_files/employers/poster_screen_reader_optimized.pdf

Seyfarth is an EO Employer –M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.

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It is an essential job requirement to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 for this role. If you need an accommodation of any kind for religious or disability reasons, including related to this job requirement, please contact Human Resources.

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This position is based in Atlanta, GA 30309

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Job Type: Full-time

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

COVID-19 considerations:
It is an essential job requirement to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 for this role. If you need an accommodation of any kind for religious or disability reasons, including related to this job requirement, please contact Human Resources.

Work Location: One location