Supervisor, Legal Assistants
The Wilhite Law Firm · Denver, CO · 2 mo ago
Legal$60/hrFull-time
About the role
Join an award-winning personal injury law firm as a Supervisor of Legal Assistants. This is an excellent opportunity to grow your career in a collaborative legal environment where continuous improvement is valued.
Responsibilities
- Provide legal assistant support for assigned litigation teams within the Litigation Department.
- Supervise a team of legal assistants assisting litigation teams with tasks such as ordering medical records, confirming lien balances, negotiating reductions, and assembling exhibits for trial, along with other tasks to help move cases through the litigation process.
- Oversee legal assistant operations and workflow within the Litigation Department.
- Ensure consistent application of litigation support best practices and firm standards.
- Lead, mentor, and develop legal assistants within the department.
- Coordinate onboarding and training of new legal assistants in collaboration with department leadership.
- Foster a collaborative, accountable, and high-performance team culture.
- Develop and implement methods to monitor work quality and operational performance of legal assistants.
- Maintain and enforce standards related to client communication and case handling.
- Develop and recommend process improvements to enhance efficiency and task outcomes.
- Monitor compliance with firm policies, procedures, and FileVine documentation standards.
- Identify opportunities for workflow improvement, scalability, and operational efficiency.
- Support firm growth initiatives and client service objectives.
Requirements
- Experience as a legal assistant in personal injury or related professional experience.
- Strong leadership and team development skills.
- Excellent organizational, analytical, and time management abilities.
- Ability to manage high-volume workloads and competing priorities.
- Strong decision-making and problem-solving capabilities.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- Experience with legal technology and case management systems preferred.
Core Values
- Committed – fearless, driven, accountable, resilient.
- Mindful – prudent, critical thinking, results-oriented problem solvers.
- Agile – continually improve, love to learn, flexible.
- Collaborative – kind, authentic, fun, team player who loves to win.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Unlimited time off.
- 401(k) with employer match.
- Dog-friendly campus.
- Weekly Friday breakfast to kick off the day.
- Friday Happy Hour.
Pay
$60,000 – $70,000 annually.