Law Firm Administrator

Job Purpose:

Ensures delivery of legal services by supervising staff; identifying and developing business opportunities.

Duties:

* Maintains legal staff by recruiting and screening attorney candidates; orienting and training new hires; arranging professional growth opportunities.

* Maintains paralegal and other support staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training staff.

* Maintains law office staff job results by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; providing systems and controls.

* Maintains operations by developing and enforcing program, operational, and personnel policies and procedures.

* Prepares marketing plan by developing fee policy strategies, objectives, plans, schedules, and assignments.

* Obtains market share by planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating advertising and promotional programs.

* Establishes future client service requirements by conducting and evaluating client satisfaction surveys; developing personal networks within the legal community; providing community service.

* Promotes the law firm by attending law events and educational workshops; maintaining news media relationships.

* Provides quality services by establishing standards; developing and maintaining a collaborative environment among the legal, paralegal, and support staffs.

* Improves profitability by preparing annual budget; controlling fiscal operations; recommending profit margins; conducting service analyses and cost studies.

* Maintains building and equipment by allocating space; planning renovations; planning expansions; determining equipment requirements.

* Complies with federal, state, and local legal requirements by studying existing legislation; anticipating future legislation; enforcing adherence to requirements; advising the senior partners on needed actions.

* Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; participating in professional societies.

* Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Skills/Qualifications:

Staffing, Coaching, Managing Profitability, Developing Marketing Plans, Promotions, Client Contact Skills, Developing Standards, Quality Focus, Professionalism, Integrity, Client Relationships