Director of Legal Administration

Baird Holm LLP's integrated team of 100 attorneys, licensed in 17 states, is committed to connecting each of its valued clients to the positive outcomes they seek. With extensive and diverse expertise, we leverage each other's skills to respond efficiently to our clients' local, regional, national and international legal needs. We are proud to represent public and private companies, individuals, private funds and other investors, financial institutions, governmental entities and nonprofit organizations.

Rooted by the promise to constantly evolve in anticipation of our clients' rapidly changing needs, today, we look to the future as we carry on the legacy created by our visionary founders. As the oldest, continuously existing law firm in the state of Nebraska, we understand the value of taking care of the people and the community around us. We believe the things that make us different should be celebrated and our distinctive views, opinions, and experiences foster innovation, groundbreaking thinking, and true collaboration.

Baird Holm is seeking a Director of Legal Administration with excellent management skills to provide supervision, development, and guidance to members of our Legal Assistant, Library Resource, Hospitality and Office Services teams. This role involves close collaboration with attorneys and other teams to manage workloads, training needs, and develop best practices in each respective area. If you excel at relationship building and solving problems creatively, this role is for you!

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Building relationships with attorneys and support personnel to best match skills and abilities to practice areas and align distribution of workloads.
• Identifying training and development opportunities to advance all areas of legal support services. Developing both group and individual training plans to ensure skill sets of all supervised individuals meet the Firm expectations.
• Developing a skills inventory to document and track essential skills required for all Legal Assistants as well as unique skills required for certain practice areas.
• Defining and documenting best practices and procedures for legal support services
• Managing the budget for office services, library and other administrative expenses.
• Participating in the management team and collaborate with other Directors.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities desired:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to build and maintain effective relationships with partners, attorneys, and staff.
• Minimum of five (5) years of employee supervision and management experience required.
• Experience in the legal industry is preferred but not required.

Benefits Include:

• Medical Insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Paid Short and Long term disability insurance
• Paid Life Insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Mental Wellness Benefits
• Flexible spending account
• Health savings account
• Paid time off
• Paid Parental leave
• Referral program
• 401k Retirement plan
• Profit Sharing