Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is seeking a Legal Project Management (LPM) Analyst to support the Administrative Law Group and the Labor & Employment Team. This role involves managing legal matters, including budgeting, fee management, and monitoring, while enhancing financial transparency and profitability through LPM tools and best practices.
Responsibilities
- Assist with development of fee estimates and matter budgets by analyzing historical data
- Advise on appropriate scoping language
- Ensure staffing, fee arrangements, and budgets align with Firm guidelines, workflows, approvals, client expectations, and Outside Counsel Guidelines (OCGs)
- Follow new matters through the intake process to ensure accurate setup and data capture
- Propose optimal monitoring solutions based on the specifics of the use case
- Implement recommended reporting to monitor staffing, fee arrangements, and budgets
- Follow established protocols for data maintenance and review
- Identify scope creep, budget overruns, and staffing issues that may impact client expectations and firm profitability
- Collaborate with attorneys to highlight these issues and offer advice to adjust staffing and budgets to avoid write-offs
- Assist with related client communications as needed
- Identify opportunities for LPM support beyond budget and proposal processes by reviewing relevant firm data
- Perform special projects as assigned
Skills
- College degree or advanced degree preferred
- Minimum of 3 years of job-related experience required, preferably in a law firm, legal department or government agency
- Experience with litigation and regulatory practices and understanding of the regulatory review process strongly preferred
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office required
- Compliance with Firm in-office policy required
- Travel may be required
- Availability and willingness to work long hours as needed to meet critical deadlines
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite applications
- Strong commitment to client service excellence and teamwork
- Must possess the highest standards of ethical conduct and professionalism
- Must act as catalyst for change, drive and own results
- Creative and innovative
- Excellent communication skills (oral, written and listening) and ability to collaborate effectively with diverse group of professionals
- Sound judgment and flexibility
- Ability to work well under pressure, patience, diplomacy, high stress tolerance, excellent interpersonal communication skills, ability to prioritize workload and adapt to changing conditions
- Visual acuity needed to process and read extensive written communications
- Ability to receive and convey detailed information through oral communication
- Essential competency processes include language ability, reasoning and memory
- To perform this job successfully, the incumbent must possess the abilities or aptitudes to proficiently perform each of the responsibilities and accountabilities described above, with or without reasonable accommodation
Benefits
- In addition to providing competitive compensation in the form of salaries and bonuses, Hunton Andrews Kurth offers a range of benefits and wellness options based on experience, performance and location that compare favorably to market standards in every region and across the legal industry.
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