Assistant Director: Practice Management - Litigation

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Mayer Brown is an international law firm positioned to represent the world’s major corporations, funds, and financial institutions in their most important and complex transactions and disputes. We are recognized by our clients as strategic partners with deep commercial instincts and a commitment to creatively anticipating their needs and delivering excellence in everything we do.

We are a collegial, collaborative firm where highly motivated individuals with an unwavering commitment to excellence receive the opportunity, support, and development they need to grow, thrive, and realize their greatest potential all while supporting the Firm’s client service principles of excellence, strategic partnership, commercial instinct, integrated strengths, innovation, and collaboration across our international firm.

Responsible for practice group strategic planning, including developing business development strategy, and working with the Firm Practice Leaders (“FPLs”) in the overall management of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice (“Practice Group”). This Practice Group consists of more than 500 attorneys globally. Provides the leadership, management and vision necessary to ensure that the Practice Group and its sub-groups are strategically positioned in the market and have the proper operational controls and people systems in place to ensure a highly‑functioning practice group that is positioned for long‑term viability and success.

Essential Functions:

• Manages the Practice Group operations to optimize quality and efficiency, leverage technology, precedents, and full scope of operational resources
• Ensures firm‑wide tools are being fully utilized by the Practice Group
• Establishes and implements best practices, repeatable models, standards, controls, and monitoring procedures
• Works with the FPLs on communication strategies and materials, including driving meeting agendas and action plans to help advance business goals
• Prepares and manages communication and reporting to the Management Committee and other Firm administration on the Practice Group reporting, priorities, and strategy
• Oversees logistical support for Practice Group internal meetings and events
• Shares responsibility with the FPLs for approving BD budget expenses
• Performs other duties as assigned or required to meet Firm goals and objectives

• Monitors backlog and new business pipeline to ensure appropriate resources are available to address client work
• Establishes lateral partner integration process for the Practice Group, and leads the integration of Global Litigation Practice Group lateral partners
• Collaborates with partners, and relevant business functions on paralegal and business services staff performance management
• Maintains oversight of the selection and delivery of training provided to the Practice Group, including leading efforts related to associate development and training
• Monitors attorney and paralegal workloads and productivity levels to foster manageable workloads that optimize attorney utilization, support professional development and promote Practice goals and profitability
• Analyses staffing levels and participates in the recruitment process as needed
• Works with the FPLs to ensure attorney engagement and Practice Group culture are considered when planning Practice management activities

• Reviews and analyses the Practice’s monthly Inventory (WIP and AR), approves write offs, supports collections, monitors attorney and paralegal utilisation, and tracks the Practice’s overall financial performance to identify anomalies, and generate proposed solutions for areas of opportunity and/or concern
• Liaises with Finance department leadership to ensure billing, eBilling, rates, and other financial operations are meeting the needs of the practice
• Monitors compliance with fee arrangements and ensures timely billing of each matter in accordance with those arrangements
• Oversees and manages the…