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Provides administrative support for lateral partner and counsel recruiting, including applicant tracking system updates, interview scheduling, candidate communications, expense processing, onboarding coordination, feedback tracking, recruiting metrics, file maintenance, and event logistics. The role supports Talent Acquisition Coordinators, handles confidential information, responds to routine inquiries, and assists with recruiting projects and internal communications under established guidelines.

Manages information governance, risk, and compliance initiatives focused on attorney and client onboarding, offboarding, client transfers, legal holds, and electronically stored information. Coordinates data identification, collection, classification, transfer, metadata accuracy, repository tracking, security controls, and workspace access. Supports attorneys and business teams, resolves policy inquiries, develops compliance procedures and educational materials, and contributes to technology workflows, integrations, analytics, and internal controls.

Oversee the security of firm applications, networks, systems, hardware, and mobile devices throughout their lifecycles. Develop security requirements and architecture, manage controls and configurations, perform certification and accreditation, maintain asset inventories, and ensure secure development and acquisition practices. Collaborate across departments and mentor team members while serving as a primary technical security contact. The role requires independent judgment, strong analytical ability, knowledge of security frameworks and technologies, and at least seven years of related experience.

The Knowledge and Innovation Counsel leads AI and knowledge management initiatives for assigned legal practice groups. Responsibilities include identifying use cases, guiding attorneys on AI tools, customizing prompts and workflows, curating precedents and playbooks, delivering legal and technology training, analyzing adoption data, supporting solution development, monitoring legal technology developments, and representing innovation priorities to firm leadership. The role also mentors junior knowledge professionals and partners with attorneys, clients, and technology teams.

Provides strategic leadership for U.S. accounting operations, financial reporting, general ledger integrity, accounting governance, internal controls, and compliance. Develops accounting strategy, oversees accounting standards and reporting processes, monitors financial performance and risks, and leads cross-functional transformation involving systems, workflows, reporting platforms, and data governance. Drives continuous improvement, strengthens controls, and partners with leadership to improve financial insights and operational effectiveness.

Manage and improve Contract-to-Cash systems (billing, A/R, collections, revenue management) through operational support, roadmap ownership, process discovery, requirements definition, vendor management, automation/AI pilots, system enhancements, testing, deployment, controls alignment, and metrics-driven continuous improvement across accounting and finance functions.

Provides legal support throughout employment litigation, including case-file management, legal research, discovery, document preparation and filing, cite checking, docketing, trial preparation, exhibit and witness coordination, courtroom logistics, and post-trial filings. The role works with attorneys, courts, clients, vendors, and government agencies while handling confidential information and meeting tight deadlines.

Support the business development team by preparing RFP responses, maintaining CRM and matter tracking, coordinating events and webinars, creating BD collateral, compiling client and market research, and providing administrative and project support to attorneys.