Director Of Operations

Description:

The firm is entering a deliberate phase of growth, with strategic investments underway and plans to expand its team. As a key hire, the Director of Operations & Paralegal will play a central role in supporting family law matters while helping drive the firm’s day-to-day business operations.

What You Will Do

Business & Office Operations

●     Build and maintain the firm’s written procedures and standard operating procedures (SOPs) in collaboration with the attorney; build systems and processes with the future in mind, anticipating growth and ensuring tasks, documents, workflows, and responsibilities are organized for efficient handoffs as the team expands.

●     Lead weekly operations meetings, setting and driving the agenda around weekly business reviews, key decisions, and the firm’s strategy and roadmap for the weeks ahead.

●     Manage day-to-day office operations, including court communications, transcript requests, special appearances, vendors, supplies, and other administrative needs.

Family Law Paralegal Work

●     Experienced in propounding and responding to discovery including special interrogatories, document demands, and objections

●     Prepare Judicial Council forms, pleadings, declarations, and other filings in contested family law matters, with a high level of accuracy and filing readiness.

●     Assemble exhibit binders and hearing materials; coordinate filing and service and electronic filing systems.

●     Own and maintain the litigation calendar, including court dates, discovery deadlines, statutory deadlines, and other critical case milestones.

Firm Growth & Execution

●     Own the firm’s content and social media operations, turning the attorney’s legal expertise and weekly video content into consistent published content across channels. Drive the workflow from scheduling and filming through editing, social media publication, and vendor coordination, with a focus on strengthening the firm’s online presence and supporting SEO.

●     Identify operational gaps, inefficiencies, and opportunities before they become problems; take initiative to develop and implement solutions without waiting to be directed.

●     Stay ahead of the firm’s needs by anticipating upcoming priorities, identifying what will be needed next, and proactively moving work forward.

●     Serve as a highly execution-oriented partner to the attorney: someone who can take ownership of a task or problem, figure out what needs to happen, and see it through to completion.