Job Title: Chief of Staff
Location: Irvine, CA
Salary : $90,000 - $120,000
Employment Type: Full-Time
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Ready to move beyond the grind of hourly billing and into a career defined by leadership, influence, and innovation? As Chief of Staff to the Managing Partner, you'll drive performance, shape firm culture, and lead operations at a high level. This is your chance to accelerate your career trajectory, manage teams, implement legal tech, and make a lasting impact-without being chained to timesheets. If you're seeking real progression in the legal world, this is the role that puts you in the driver's seat.
About the Firm:
A rapidly growing Southern California-based Trust and Estates Litigation Law Firm is seeking a proactive, detail-oriented Chief of Staff to provide direct support to the Managing Partner of the legal team. This is not a traditional admin role. This position supports high-level legal and operational functions of the firm, ensuring performance, accountability, and compliance across the legal team.
The ideal candidate will have significant legal administrative experience, deep familiarity with law firm operations, and an aptitude for leadership support, systems thinking, and emerging legal technologies.
Responsibilities Include (but are not limited to):
Managing the Managing Partner's calendar, communications, legal team meetings, and task prioritization.
Facilitating meeting preparation and follow-up, including assembling necessary materials and agendas.
Tracking performance and deliverables across departments and proactively flagging delays or issues.
Serving as gatekeeper and strategic partner, ensuring the Managing Partner's involvement is timely and impactful.
Monitoring attorney and paralegal billable hours, ensuring timely entry, accuracy, and progress toward KPIs.
Tracking compliance with continuing legal education (CLE), bar membership, and ethical obligations.
Ensuring all internal deadlines (case milestones, filings, hearings) are met with adequate lead time and resources.
Maintaining and improving workflows to support client service, legal accuracy, ethical compliance, and firm profitability.
Collaborating with the Managing Partner and legal tech vendors to evaluate and implement emerging technologies.
Ensuring effective use of CRM, CMS, DMS, time tracking, billing, calendaring, and task management tools.
Assisting with auditing processes and making system or procedural recommendations for greater efficiency.
Supporting the hiring, onboarding, and coordination of training for legal staff and attorneys.
Tracking performance reviews, productivity benchmarks, and employee development initiatives.
Supporting firm culture through communication, team events, and morale-boosting strategies.
Coordinating with vendors, IT, and facilities on hardware, software, supplies, and physical office needs.
Maintaining up-to-date firm documentation, SOPs, and operational policies.
Working with Managing Partner and external consultants to ensure all policies meet regulatory and ethical standards.
Performing periodic audits to ensure processes are being followed, and making recommendations for correction or improvement.
Ensuring compliance with the firm's 4 core values at all times:
Stay Hungry
Consistently practice Radical Candor, Radical Respect
Stay focused and committed to collaborative results
No jerks allowed!
Requirements:
Minimum 5 years of experience in a law firm or legal department in an administrative, operations, or legal assistant role.
Strong understanding of Trusts and Estates law (litigation experience a plus).
Experience managing or tracking billable hours, calendaring court deadlines, and supporting legal compliance functions.
Demonstrated success in supporting high-level executives or firm owners.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with case management systems (e.g., Clio, MyCase), CRM platforms, and legal billing software.
Familiarity with California State Bar compliance, CLE tracking, and legal ethics.
Experience with HR support, employee onboarding, and performance systems in a legal setting.
Tech-savvy and able to research, test, and implement new legal technologies.
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