Job Description
Litigation Manager
Litigation Full-Time
In-person, hybrid, or remote available
Are you passionate about social justice and genuinely driven by helping others? Do you have extensive paralegal and leadership experience? Do you wish to use your expertise helping other paralegals and legal assistants learn and grow? If so, you might be a great fit for our team. The Law Offices of Scott Warmuth is hiring a Litigation Manager for our Litigation Team, which supports our Personal Injury and Employment Law departments.
About Us
The Law Offices of Scott Warmuth is committed to five core values: loyalty, integrity, lifelong learning, critical thinking, and collective accountability. We strive to be known for having the best customer service, high character staff, and servant leadership. These values and vision, combined with our decades of experience, have enabled our law firm to achieve great results on behalf of our clients. We are proud of our organization, and our success is due to the dedication and talent of our attorneys and staff. We attract our outstanding team by providing interesting work, a supportive and collegial work environment, personal satisfaction, competitive compensation and benefits, and a pathway for professional development and growth. We are an equal opportunity employer.
Job Description
Our Litigation Manager plays a vital role to the Employment Law and Personal Injury Departments. The role is twofold: You will oversee our Litigation Team, supporting, managing, and training paralegals and other legal support staff. You will also have the opportunity to directly apply your paralegal expertise as the Senior Paralegal assigned to high-value cases. Our clients have sustained life-changing injuries or have faced awful mistreatment including harassment, discrimination, retaliation, sexual assaults, sexual batteries, failure to accommodate, wrongful discharge, and other types of illegal mistreatment. They come to us for legal representation, support, and understanding. Your role is to lead the litigation team that provides outstanding support to our attorneys and excellent service to our clients. The department operates in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
Job Qualifications
Education: California Certified Paralegal
Experience: 8+ years Civil Litigation experience required; Employment Law and/or Personal Injury experience preferred
Extensive litigation and trial experience
Strong leadership, management, and training experience
Language: English, Spanish strongly preferred
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong attention to detail
Analytical and critical thinker
Excellent hands-on computer skills
Ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment
Ability to work well independently and within a team
Ability to thrive under pressure, meet deadlines, and maintain accurate files
Ability to function with a high level of patience, tact, and diplomacy in handling negative or challenging situations
Familiarity with case management software, Microsoft Word Suite, Adobe Pro, and other legal software required; experience with Smart Advocate preferred
Familiarity with California Discovery Act and all deadlines and dates
Job Responsibilities
Manage, train, and oversee team paralegals and other litigation support staff
Create team and individual Key Performance Indicators for both personal injury and employment law litigation teams
Evaluate the efficiency of systems and procedures, identify improvements, and establish new practices to meet and exceed organizational objectives
Identify staffing needs for the personal injury and employment litigation support teams and participate in the recruiting process
Prepare and execute initial training schedules/plans for litigation support team new hires
Monitor litigation support team member compliance with firm policies, including attendance, dress codes, work hours, etc.
Ensure paralegals’ compliance with civil litigation deadlines and internal processes
Ensure case file managers and legal assistants’ compliance with internal processes
Serve as liaison between attorneys and support team to address completion of tasks, training needs, or any other performance concerns
Serve as lead litigation paralegal for high value cases and those preparing for trial
Oversee Litigation Calendar Clerk who manages personal injury and employment law litigation calendar
Engage in WarmuthLaw Leadership Training with Executive Coach
Run and distribute weekly litigation reports
Assignment of team members to cases
Assign secondary attorneys/paralegals for cases transferring to litigation
Assist attorneys with assigning tasks to paralegals
Maintain thorough knowledge of the California Discovery Act, including all aspects of discovery and law and motion
Edit and finalize litigation documents
Maintain filing systems and internal case database (Smart Advocate)
Respond to emails and correspondence on behalf of the attorneys
Plan, coordinate, and ensure timelines for department’s legal matters including materials for meetings, conference calls and follow-up items
Ability to organize and prioritize tasks and complete them under time constraints
Drafting of court documents and preparation of court filings
Other duties may be assigned in addition to those listed
About This Position
Job Type: Full-time; in-office, fully remote, or hybrid available
In-Office Job Location: City of Industry, CA or San Gabriel, CA
Competitive salary will be commensurate with experience and education.
We offer a professional work environment and a benefits package that includes a 401(k), 401(k) employer match, health, dental, and vision insurance, paid holidays, and paid vacation