Managing Litigation Attorney

Pittsburgh office of our client seeks managing litigation attorney with experience. The candidate will be managing a reduced personal caseload while also taking ownership for managing the pipeline of cases and supervision and development of Associates working in the Firm. Will be overseeing, counseling, guiding, training, and mentoring Junior Associates and Contract Attorneys, including assigning work and monitoring work products. Having case conferences with Associates to ensure every case has a strategy and action plan, answer questions, and mentor. Conduct performance evaluations and make recommendations for recruitment, hiring, promotion, and termination. Monitor the case pipeline and act as necessary to move cases progressively forward and through the pipeline in accordance with defined milestones. Being accountable for the goals of the Legal Team by monitoring performance metrics. Ensuring efficient and effective daily operations of the Firms Legal Team. Recommend, design, deploy, and execute policies, procedures, processes, checklists, templates, forms to create systems that run the Firm more efficiently and profitably. Should have extensive trial experience. Significant experience overseeing Family Law cases from start to finish. Preference is given to those with Criminal Law experience as well. Must have extensive first-chair experience representing clients in trial. Real-world trial experience is a mandatory requirement.

The candidate must have strong research and writing skills, along with strong leadership skills and a dedication to improving the client experience. Must have ability to lead a high-performing legal team in and positive and inspiring manner. Should have high-level legal research and writing skills are essential. The firm offers a respectful team culture, opportunities for professional development and advancement, a competitive salary, opportunities for performance-based increases, plus benefits.