Manager, Legal Talent & Deal Staffing

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the Legal Talent Team to support the delivery of thorough evaluations and developmental objectives for Los Angeles associates. 

• Coordinate with and assist the Legal Talent Team with ensuring robust feedback is provided to each associate in the group in a timely fashion and related follow-up items are handled.   

• Assist in other performance management initiatives, including promotion of real-time feedback.  

• Work closely with Directors, Diversity Equity & Inclusion team and other managers within the department on various initiatives and programs addressing associate feedback, work-life integration and engagement. 

• Support the practice group heads with ensuring that attorneys in each group have strong mentoring connections and team-based interactions.  

• Ensure mentors are connecting and engaging in dialogue with mentees about ongoing professional development goals.   

• Liaise with the Los Angeles Manager of Legal Recruiting & Associate Life on the progress of mentoring relationships.  

• Work closely with the senior members of the Legal Talent team and the Los Angeles Manager of Legal Recruiting & Associate Life on incoming associate related responsibilities; lead communication efforts and facilitate internal processes in advance of associate arrivals and help lead integration efforts. 

• Develop a professional relationship with associates, including understanding of professional aspirations, experiences, strengths, and development areas. 

• Serve as a point of contact for all attorney-relation related requests or issues in the Los Angeles office. 

• Serve as a resource to attorneys and provide guidance and direction on Firm policies, procedures and standards in support of the Firm’s strategic goals, objectives and initiatives. 

• Participate in exit-interviews for departing associates and ensure related data is synthesized and analyzed.  

• Organize and execute associate life events. 

Deal Staffing 

• Monitor associate utilization and assign legal staffing for all client matters in the Los Angeles office. 

• Work closely with staffing partners in the Los Angeles office to track staffing by practice group and help maintain an equitable level of attorney utilization across the office.  

• Coordinate opportunities for junior associates to work on a variety of matters while balancing growth opportunities with client needs. 

• Maintain a consistency of experiences and equitable distribution of assignments across the Corporate department practice groups.  

• Work closely with the Los Angeles staffing partners to coordinate the rotation system of junior associates among the transactional practices in the Los Angeles office. 

• Coordinate and track associate vacation schedules and related coverage. 

• Perform other duties as assigned. Perform other duties as assigned. 

Skills & Experience:

• 3 to 5 years of relevant experience.  

• Strong oral and written communication skills.  

• Must have superior judgment and the ability to deal discreetly with confidential information. 

• Ability to interact well and build professional relationships with a collaborative approach to working with all levels and departments. 

• Ability to self-direct, manage multiple priorities, analyze needs and implement solutions. 

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail for both long and short-term projects and responsibilities.  

• Experience with Excel and PowerPoint and other legal personnel and recruiting applications. 

• Must be flexible to adjust hours to meet departmental needs. 

• Must display professionalism, quality service to internal members/departments of the firm as well as external clients and vendors.   

The actual salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and if applicable, the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job. This role is exempt meaning it is not overtime pay eligible.