Litigation Team Leader

At Jimerson Birr, our team has accepted the lasting responsibility of protecting our clients’ rights, businesses, properties, investments, and finances. Our professionals are integral, trusted advisers and advocates in both established and emerging businesses, giving our clients insights into legal and business considerations that guide prudent decision‑making. We work with some of the world’s most respected and well‑established businesses, as well as start‑up visionaries and individuals looking to overcome challenges.

Legal Operations

Remote – Florida

Jimerson Birr is seeking a Litigation Team Leader who excels in dynamic environments, moves quickly, and takes command of both strategy and execution. This role blends high‑impact commercial litigation work with leadership of a small, high‑performing team.

You’ll drive outcomes, steer decision‑making, delegate confidently, and maintain momentum across multiple fast‑moving matters.

• Thrives when tackling new challenges
• Enjoys variety
• Brings a persuasive, forward‑leaning communication style

You’ll guide the team, shape strategy, and jump into key advocacy moments while ensuring smooth, disciplined execution across all work streams.

• Lead weekly team meetings, assessing scorecards, staffing, case mix, SLA health, projects, and issues; ensuring the team stays aligned, focused, and on‑plan.
• Distribute work decisively and intelligently, keeping throughput high and maintaining clarity on priorities.
• Reinforce discipline in process execution by ensuring matter plans, templates, and technology are consistently adopted.
• Coach attorneys and paralegals, offering direction, feedback, and persuasive guidance that moves the team toward results.
• Own client relationships for all matters touched by your team. This includes driving satisfaction, retention, and opportunities for expanded engagement.
• Maintain a selective litigation docket, stepping in where your strategic or advocacy presence will have maximum impact.
• Respond quickly as issues arise, keeping matters in motion and eliminating bottlenecks before they slow progress.

• JD + active Florida Bar
• 7–10+ years of litigation experience, with demonstrated leadership, judgment, and ability to direct others
• Strong record in hearings, depositions, negotiations, and strategy execution
• Ability to communicate persuasively and drive alignment around decisions
• Comfort managing multiple moving parts at once and making fast, informed decisions
• Proven ability to enforce standards, elevate team performance, and maintain forward momentum

• First‑chair trial experience
• Experience in complex commercial, class action, consumer, or eminent domain litigation
• Prior leadership or player‑coach experience

You’ll practice inside a client‑service model designed to create consistent value:

• Conferring client‑defined value:
  Clarify objectives, success criteria, budget, timeline, and communication preferences at intake—then manage to them.
• Accessibility:
  Keep lines open and responsive; clients never guess how to reach us or when they’ll hear from us.
• Efficiency & cost‑effectiveness:
  Staff matters smartly, use technology and checklists to reduce friction, and provide early assessments for predictable spend.
• Delivering an experience while delivering results:
  Make progress visible with alignment calls, status summaries, and documented decisions.
• Meaningful partnership:
  Anticipate needs, surface options, and help clients plan the next goal beyond the one we just achieved.
• Exceptional communication based on listening:
  Ask better questions, summarize tradeoffs plainly, and write for business readers.
• Accountability to goals:
  Hold the team (and yourself) to timelines, scopes, and outcomes; surface risks early and propose fixes.

Join a dynamic team that values professional growth and excellence in legal service. We offer competitive compensation, professional development opportunities, and a supportive work environment dedicated to fostering your success.

We’ve found that the key to doing great work is to love what you do and respect who…