Sheppard Mullin is a full service AmLaw 50 firm with over 1200 attorneys in 16 offices located throughout California and in Chicago, Dallas, Houston, New York, Washington, D.C., Brussels, London, Seoul and Shanghai.  The firm's California offices are located in Century City, Los Angeles, Orange County, San Francisco, Del Mar, San Diego and Silicon Valley.  

Global companies turn to Sheppard Mullin to handle a full range of corporate and technology matters, high stakes litigation and complex financial transactions.  In the U.S., the firm's clients include half of the Fortune 100 companies.

Our practices include: 
Antitrust, Bankruptcy, Corporate, Entertainment, Finance, Government Contracts, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Land Use, Litigation, Real Estate, Tax, White Collar

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Industry: Law Practice
Company Size: 1,001-5,000 employees

Sheppard Mullin

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**Sheppard, a global Am Law 100 firm, has an immediate opening for Labor & Employment Legal Assistant (Practice Specialist) to join our Washington DC office.**

Sheppard is hiring an experienced Practice Specialist to support the Labor & Employment Practice Group at all stages of litigation from case initiation through appeal. The successful candidate will have extensive experience supporting litigation attorneys and a working knowledge of trial procedures and federal, state and appellate court rules and procedures. Duties will include preparing and filing legal documents, calendar and travel management, case management, and billing/expense support. The role requires strong technical, organizational, and administrative skills and candidates must be adept at managing their time, prioritizing work, and consistently produce high-quality work products under minimal supervision and direction in a deadline driven, dynamic, and fast-paced environment.

Collaboration with firm personnel at all levels is integral to the role. Experience supporting labor and employment litigators is required.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Nationwide federal and multi-district litigation experience.

COMPUTER/SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE: Mastery of the entire Microsoft Suite of products, Adobe Acrobat Professional, Zoom, Teams, bulk data transfer solutions, NetDocs, PACER, Quickbook, UltiPro, Compulaw, Chrome River, TeamSync, ContractExpress, Docusign, Monday.com, DocketBird, and InTapp. Must be able to quickly learn new skills and systems.

**Work Environment**

- Indoor office environment with limited exposure to hazards that are customarily found while working in a high-rise building.

- Cubical or workstation.

- The current Firm policy requires you to be in the office a minimum of three days per week with two days working from home (subject to change).

Washington DC: The pay range for this position is: $26.00- $62.00 per year. Medical, vision, and dental coverage is available, including coverage for dependents and domestic partners. Please note that the foregoing compensation and benefit information is a good-faith assessment associated with this position as of the time of this posting and is provided pursuant to the District of Columbia Wage Transparency Omnibus Amendment Act of 2023.

Sheppard is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, protected medical condition, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law.

Labor & Employment Legal Assistant (Washington DC)

Fenwick is a leading law firm, purpose-built to guide visionary tech and life sciences companies and their investors through every stage of growth, from startups securing their first round of funding to leading publicly-traded global enterprises. As one of Silicon Valley’s original legal practices, today we have over 500 lawyers, patent agents, engineers and scientists serving clients from seven offices located in innovation hubs across the United States and China. Named 2023 Life Sciences Practice Group of the Year by Law360, we are consistently ranked a Chambers first-tier firm for delivering the deep experience and technical skill that help innovators at the forefront of their industries redefine what’s possible. 

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Industry: Law Practice
Company Size: 501-1,000 employees

Fenwick & West

**Job Description Summary**

Fenwick is seeking an experienced Funds Paralegal to join its Corporate practice. This role supports attorneys in the formation and management of venture capital. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced, high-volume environment and brings strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and experience with sophisticated venture fund structures.

Embracing the Future of Work We believe the best work happens when smart people have the best tools — and we're intentional about building that environment. We encourage everyone on our team to explore AI and emerging technologies with curiosity, share what they learn, and bring a continuous improvement mindset to how they work. If you're someone who leans into change rather than away from it, you'll fit right in here.

This position can be based in any of our U.S. offices, and offers a hybrid schedule that requires three days onsite per week at your designated office with the possibility of additional required in-office days depending on business and client needs. The work schedule for this position will be 37.5 hours per week (non-exempt), Monday - Friday, from 9:00 am - 5:30 pm.

**Job Description**

- Assist with the formation and qualification of partnership and limited liability company-structured funds, general partners, management companies, special purpose vehicles, parallel funds, etc., including coordination with service providers and registered agents.

- Prepare, review, and track key organizational documents such as operating agreements, employer identification number documents, subscription agreements, side letters, and ancillary agreements, including interface with attorneys, clients, investors, fund administrators, and other third parties, as needed.

- Prepare and file securities filings, as required, including Form D and blue-sky filings.

- Coordinate fund closings, including tracking open items and updates in investor document, obtaining accurate tax documents, OFAC research, and updating and delivering closing emails and document links from virtual data room.

- Support ongoing fund operations, including amendments, name changes, restructuring, 83(b) filings, commitment changes, transfers, dissolutions, etc.

- Consistently maintain document management systems with drafts and final documents in data rooms.

- Some legal and factual research related to fund structures and regulatory requirements and provide other general paralegal support to attorneys across the Corporate Funds practice.

**Desired Skills & Qualifications**

- Bachelor’s degree or paralegal certificate from ABA-approved school required

- Minimum of 3–5 years of experience in venture and/or private equity funds as a paralegal in a Big Law or comparable law firm environment

- Professional demeanor

- Excellent organizational skills

- Ability to manage multiple matters simultaneously under tight deadlines or quick turnaround times

- High level of attention to detail and accuracy

- Strong written and verbal communication skills

- Advanced with Microsoft Office Suite and DocuSign (including templates and powerforms)

- Some experience with document management systems and virtual datarooms, a plus

- Comfort working alongside AI tools and a curiosity to continuously learn and adopt new ways of working as technology evolves

**Benefits And Compensation Details**

At Fenwick, we believe that our partners and employees are our most important asset. Helping you and your families achieve and maintain good health - physical, emotional, and financial - is the reason we offer a comprehensive benefit program. We provide benefits to eligible employees under plans such as Healthcare, Life Insurance, Health Savings Accounts, Flexible Spending Accounts, and Wellbeing. Except as otherwise required by law, temporary employees are generally not entitled to these benefits.

**The Anticipated Range For This Position Is**

$85,000 - $133,750

Depending on the role, the actual base salary offered may depend upon a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and if applicable, the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.

A discretionary bonus for eligible employees may also be available based on performance. Additional information about employee eligibility for benefits and discretionary bonus will be made available upon request.

Funds Paralegal

In more than 100 years of practice, Steptoe* has earned an international reputation for vigorous representation of clients before governmental agencies, successful advocacy in litigation and arbitration, and creative and practical advice in structuring business transactions. Steptoe has more than 500 lawyers and other professional staff across offices in Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Washington. For more information, visit www.steptoe.com. (*Steptoe LLP, Steptoe International (UK) LLP, and affiliated entities.)

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Industry: Law Practice
Company Size: 1,001-5,000 employees

Steptoe LLP

The **Paralegal (Entry Level) ** position will assist attorneys with complex civil litigation documents and workflow procedures

**Essential Functions**

-  Review documents in a custom built database in order to extract information and input the same into the database

-  Maintain measured workflow expectations

-  May be responsible for preparing travel and check request documents

-  May be responsible for updating various S&J office lists and logs

-  May be responsible for keeping all vendor information up to date

-  May be responsible for coding and sending all A/P invoices to DC office for payment

-  May assist with keeping inventory and orders all office forms (taxi vouchers, messenger and overnight delivery – UPS, Federal Express, and Overnight Express)

-  May assist with coding and sending all A/P invoices to DC office for payment

-  Assists Administrative Attorney with maintenance of all administrative files

-  May Learn MMSEA filing req, executive quarterly filing, and update database Medicare fields as needed

-  Research and resolve issues with invoicing

**Non-Essential Functions**

-  Completes other duties as assigned.

**Minimum Qualification**

-  Facility with computer applications

-  Customer Service

-  Communication skills

-  Four year degree

**Success Factors**

-  Excellent attention to detail skills.

-  Ability to exercise discretion and sound judgment in carrying out responsibilities of the job.

-  Strong initiative

-  Organizational skills

-  Attention to detail

-  Ability to multi-task

-  Team Player

-  Demonstrated strong professional customer service skills.

-  Working knowledge (hands-on) of Microsoft Office Applications (i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel) and must remain current on all S&J software where it affects the responsibilities of the position.

-  Ability to organize and prioritize numerous tasks and projects and complete them under time constraints.

-  Demonstrated strong writing and editing skills.

-  Interpersonal skills necessary in order to communicate with a diverse group of clients, attorneys, staff and vendors, and to provide information with ordinary courtesy and tact, while safeguarding confidentiality

**Work Environment**

-  Non-smoking environment.

-  Must be able to work under tight deadlines and in stressful situations.

-  Available to work 9:00am – 5:30pm Monday through Friday.

-  Position will be primarily remote after initial training in Washington, D.C. office

~~The anticipated base salary range for this position is $40,000. The actual base salary offered will be dependent upon the applicant’s experience and qualifications, as well as other job-related factors, including but not limited to, relevant skills, education, certifications or other professional licenses held, and if applicable, geographic location.Steptoe offers a full range of benefits for you and your eligible dependents. Benefits currently include: medical, dental, vision, life, disability, dependent care, health care flexible spending accounts, 401K Plan, Profit-Sharing, Paid Time-Off and a robust Wellness Program.Steptoe LLP is an equal opportunity employer EOE/AA/Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, mental or physical disability, genetic information, or any basis proscribed by applicable statutes.~~

Paralegal (Entry Level) - Remote

A pioneering global law practice, we provide high quality legal advice and innovation worldwide. 

We deliver high quality, innovative solutions to complex business issues for a range of diverse range of clients.
  
Our global teams operate seamlessly to deliver the commercial know-how and strategic alignment that clients need from their advisers to help further their business interests. We shape our advice to the unique circumstances and challenges of each project, and ensure the right people are in the right places to offer insight and certainty every time – from the day-to-day to the most complex, multi-jurisdictional transactions.
 
What unites us is our commitment to service excellence through a people-focused approach. We know our clients’ businesses, the industries and markets they operate in, and most of all, we understand that great relationships yield the best outcomes.

Industry: Law Practice
Company Size: 5,001-10,000 employees

Eversheds Sutherland

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Manager, Client Development at Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP. We are searching for someone who wants to be a valued contributor and member of a talented and dynamic team of lawyers, paralegals and business professionals.

The Senior Manager, Client Development (“CDM”) is responsible for the development and implementation of business development goals and strategies for the assigned practice group. The Senior Manager serves as a strategic advisor to practice leadership, applying deep firm, industry, and market knowledge to drive growth priorities and execute complex business development initiatives with a high degree of independence. The Client Development team works collaboratively to execute cross-sector, cross-practice group projects and initiatives; each CDM is expected to participate in these activities.

**Responsibilities and Duties: **

**Dedicated practice group (PG): **

- Is a student of the PG; demonstrates advanced understanding of and can articulate the PG’s business (clients, services and solutions, differentiators, and value proposition), keeps current on market and industry trends, and connects those trends to actionable growth opportunities for the Firm.

- Works closely with the Practice Group Leader(s) (PGL(s)) and other partners within the PG to do strategic planning, identify PG growth priorities, including priority clients, and develop a PG growth plan.

- Executes the PG growth plan, coordinating across subgroups, practice groups, sectors, and geographies to achieve mutually beneficial growth ambitions.

- Applies advanced business and industry knowledge to identify, shape, and advance tailored business development opportunities aligned with firm and practice priorities.

- Directs and supervises the work of a Manager and Coordinator/Specialist aligned to the PG.

- Serves as a strategic resource to Practice Group Leaders, partners, Client Relationship Partners (CRPs), and Client Development colleagues supporting shared or adjacent clients.

- Collaborates with other Client Development (CD) teams (e.g., Client Programs; Digital Marketing; PR, Comms and Brand) to optimize GTM initiatives.

- Independently scopes and guides complex research requests in collaboration with the Research team, translating insights into actionable recommendations that support strategic planning, pitches, and thought leadership initiatives.

- Oversees the development of pitches / pursuits and other marketing collateral relevant to the PG (e.g., grab-and-go pitch content, thought leadership, brochures, Web content), including drafting and editing content.

- Leads the annual directory submission process for the PG.

- Ensures effective management of PG CD infrastructure (e.g., PGL sub-team/working group meetings, scoping market intelligence research, maintaining PG client contact lists).

- Develops and manages the CD segments of the annual US PG budget in partnership with the Practice Director. Tracks and evaluates ROI on major CD expenses.

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**Collaboration: **

- Participates actively in CD-Practices and Sectors team activities and contributes to cross-sector, cross-PG initiatives and projects.

- Engages regularly with the broader CD team on department-wide initiatives and firm-wide projects.

- Partners with Practice Director on strategic PG initiatives.

- Leads broader internal stakeholder meetings and, as appropriate, external client meetings in support of practice group and firm growth objectives.

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**Leadership: **

- Demonstrates behaviors guided by our values: Collaborative, Creative, Professional, Inclusive, and Open.

- Actively engages and brings insights into interactions with others.

- Demonstrates a collaborative and solution-oriented attitude.

- Takes a consultative approach and uses effective communication skills to present ideas and secure buy-in from key stakeholders and leaders.

- Delivers quality work product.

- Serves as a mentor and resource to Managers, Specialists, and Coordinators, promoting best practices and supporting professional development across the Client Development team.

- Applies advanced discretion and sound judgment when managing sensitive client, partner, and firm information, fostering trust and credibility across stakeholders.

- Demonstrates advanced ownership of quality by anticipating risks, proactively resolving issues, and ensuring deliverables align with strategic objectives.

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**Growth role: **

- CDMs are expected to take on a growth role as part of their overall professional development plan.

- The chosen growth role should take no more than 25% of the CDM’s bandwidth.

- Growth roles include being a CDM for a priority account(s); managing a campaign; managing another special project.

**Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: **

- A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university is required, preferably in marketing or business administration.

- Seven to ten years working in a business development role in a large, multi-office law firm or other professional services firm is required.

- Demonstrated ability to develop and deliver persuasive, audience‑appropriate written and verbal communications for senior lawyers and business professionals.

- Must be self-directed, self-motivated, possess strong organizational and time management skills, as well as analytical and problem-solving skills, and work with a high level of professionalism.

- Proven ability to manage complex projects, balance competing priorities, and operate effectively in ambiguous environments.

- Practical understanding of the professional services industry and the partnership environment; curiosity and an aptitude for learning; an entrepreneurial spirit; strong strategic, analytical, and critical-thinking skills; organized, logical, detail- and process-oriented; proficient in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; familiar with research and client contact databases.

This is a hybrid role and will require on-site presence 3 days per week. The salary ranges for this position vary depending on the geographic location and other factors such as experience, internal equity, market data, and job-related considerations. The range for this position is from $140,000 - $185,000, with offers contingent upon the various factors. The firm’s compensation strategy includes not just a base salary but also comprehensive benefits such as healthcare, paid time off, discretionary merit bonuses, life and disability insurance, retirement plans and tailored learning opportunities.

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion within our Firm and in the larger legal profession. We believe that diverse skills, knowledge and viewpoints make us a stronger firm. Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP maintains a policy of affording all employees and applicants equal employment opportunities without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender (including gender identity or expression or transgender status), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital or familial status, domestic violence victim status, ancestry, amnesty, citizenship status, ethnicity, military and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Unlawful discrimination, harassment and retaliation will not be tolerated in any of the Firm’s offices or any other work-related setting. Qualified individuals with a disability may request reasonable accommodation in order to apply for a position or to enable them to perform the essential functions of a position for which they are otherwise qualified. EEO.

Senior Manager, Client Development

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