Practice Support Supervisor – Internal Matters

Latham & Watkins is one of the world’s leading global law firms advising the businesses and institutions that drive the global economy. We are the market leaders in major financial and business centers around the world. Our investment in people, commitment to innovation, and focus on the future empower you to build an incredible career and thrive as an exceptional professional in a supportive culture.

If you aspire to be the best, and work with the best, this is where you belong.

The Practice Support Supervisor – Internal Matters is an integral part of Latham’s Practice Support Services team. This role will be responsible for leading the delivery and continuous improvement of the Internal Matters team, while supervising, coaching, and developing the Practice Support Project Manager – Internal Matters and other assigned team members.

This role will be located in either our New York office or our Global Services Office in downtown Los Angeles. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in-office presence.

Other key responsibilities include:

• Establishing clear expectations, providing timely feedback, supporting professional development, and promoting consistent service delivery
• Overseeing the portfolio of internal matter projects and coordinating daily workflow, staffing, priorities, and coverage to ensure that confidential and time-sensitive work is completed accurately, responsively, and within established deadlines
• Serving as a senior liaison among Information Governance, the Office of General Counsel, Data Privacy, case teams, the Practice Support Center, and other stakeholders; ensuring that scope, objectives, responsibilities, risks, and decisions are documented and communicated
• Providing escalation support and executive-level project oversight for complex or sensitive matters, including investigations, litigation, regulatory responses, data privacy matters, and cross-border projects
• Reviewing and approving project plans, processing and production specifications, database designs, review workflows, search strategies, analytics approaches, quality-control plans, and data disposition plans before implementation or release
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains

We’d love to hear from you if you:

• Demonstrate strong people leadership, coaching, delegation, planning, decision-making, and change-management skills
• Exhibit expert project management and consulting skills, with the ability to direct multiple concurrent, high-priority matters, and coordinate work across teams and functions
• Possess advanced understanding of the legal process, the Electronic Discovery Reference Model, and eDiscovery and disclosure practices in the United States and other relevant jurisdictions

And have:

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent; five (5) years of directly relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
• A minimum of six (6) years of combined paralegal or legal technology and project management experience

Successful candidates will not only be provided with an outstanding career opportunity and welcoming environment, but will also be provided with a generous total compensation package with bonuses awarded in recognition of both individual and firm performance. Eligible employees can participate in Latham’s comprehensive benefit program which includes:

• Healthcare, life and disability insurance
• A generous 401k plan
• At least 11 paid holidays per year, and a PTO program that accrues 23 days during the first year of employment and grows with tenure
• Wel…