Professional Legal Administrator - Director of Operations

We are an entrepreneurial, innovative, and ambitious Estate Planning Law firm in South Orange County on track for aggressive growth.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR AN EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONAL LEGAL ADMINISTRATOR/DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS TO TAKE US TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND BEYOND. 

This is an executive level position … a full-blown, bona fide Director, responsible for all phases of Firm Administration: Legal Production and Delivery, Business Systems, Human Resources, and Facilities.

This position is responsible for overseeing and improving both our people and our systems.

Our Professional Legal Administrator will be responsible for planning and managing the day-to-day operations of the Firm, and for implementing Firm policies and procedures under the general guidance and supervision of the managing director. 

What you can do is important. Who you are is equally important. The right person for this role must:

• Not only adapt to change but drive it
• Provide solutions, not just uncover problems
• Have a high energy level
• Have thick skin and high empathy
• Have a sense of humor in equal measure to your sense of compassion
• Have keen conflict resolution skills (not conflict avoidance skills)
• Be metrics-driven and KPI-obsessed

We need someone with the experience and maturity to keep the Firm’s needs in the forefront and work closely with the Owner and key staff on strategy, policy, problem-solving, and decision-making.

The ideal candidate understands that you cannot manage what you do not measure – and can help us figure out how to build systems to ensure we can measure and manage effectively.

We need a Professional Legal Administrator who is a superstar savant of project management and systems development, who will be invested in making important contributions to the operating and financial success of the Firm.

Our ideal candidate is not just comfortable with growth and change but thrives in an environment where people are constantly looking to improve the business and themselves. Our business grew fast, and while we are not a “start-up,” we have a growth-focused environment.

Working with us can prove to be the best job you ever had or the most frustrating … depending on your flexibility, team-spirit, commitment to our clients, and your realistic expectations about what it’s like to work in a fast-paced growing business with a passionate and entrepreneurial owner.

Prior legal experience is required. Knowledge of Estate Planning law will be helpful but is not required. If you don’t know California Probate Law, you need to commit to getting up to speed quickly because you will be expected to make sure cases and clients are getting the attention they need and that the staff is following the rules.

Salary is dependent upon experience and includes an incentive program commensurate with performance. We will define specific KPIs for expected law firm growth, profitability, and culture.

This will be a multi-step interview process so we can get to know each other and make sure we are a good fit; this is the first step. If you are not excited about a thorough interview process where we get a real opportunity to know each other better, please don’t apply.

Our offices are in San Clemente, CA and Laguna Hills, CA (you must be able to travel regularly between these two locations).