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Legal Operations SpecialistTalley LLP • Orange, California, USA
Legal Operations Specialist

Legal Operations Specialist

Talley LLP • Orange, California, USA
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Company : Talley LLP - (Talley Law Group)

Title : Legal Operations Specialist (Also known as : Legal Operations Coordinator Legal Operations Associate)

Location : Orange California

Schedule : Hybrid (must live within a commutable distance from Orange California)

About the Company

Talley LLP and its affiliated entities Talley Law Group (TLG) and Talley Capital Group (TCG) collectively known as Talley is a full service financial tax legal and consulting organization designed to meet the needs of entrepreneurially driven businesses. They look to serve clients as business partners and not merely as providers of traditional accounting or tax services. Talley is continuously in search of more effective ways to improve clients bottom line and where suitable seek to act in an advisory role adding knowledge and expertise.

Talley LLP was founded in 1989 with the mission of helping entrepreneurially driven businesses and their owners along with athletes and high net worth individuals to manage their financial affairs and to achieve their business objectives profitably and efficiently. The professionals at Talley strive to become the Most Trusted Advisor (MTA) to our clients providing global solutions to the challenges and opportunities facing our clients and their business.

Talleys service profile has grown and evolved as has its clientele now incorporating a broad array of services designed to serve the entrepreneur :

  • Audit and assurance services including traditional financial reporting
  • Tax compliance
  • Tax planning and proactive advice
  • Business consulting
  • Estate planning business planning M&A and tax law services delivered through TLG
  • Outsourced accounting controller and CFO services
  • Mergers & acquisition growth through acquisition and operational consulting delivered through TCG

Working in an entrepreneurial environment is not for the faint of order to serve clients at the highest level we expect our professionals to be committed to the highest quality of advice and service. It is a culture of accountability and results. Talley is a boutique firm of over 50 US based team members and more than 30 offshore and outsourced team members. Our offices are located in Orange CA. We have grown rapidly over the past few years becoming one of the prominent professional service firms in Orange County. We embrace a hybrid work culture emphasizing client service and quality provided by professional competent and motivated individuals.

Overview

The Legal Operations Specialist is responsible for driving the operational effectiveness of the legal department. This role is highly execution-focused ensuring that legal projects attorney workflows revenue-generating activities and outsourcing pipelines move forward efficiently and transparently. The person in this role will manage engagement letter drafting track project statuses in real time coordinate with attorneys oversee outsourced counsel assignments and ensure all legal operations processes run smoothly and on schedule.

The ideal candidate is highly detail-oriented organized proactive and able to operate as the central coordinator of the legal department maintaining visibility into all matters deadlines follow-ups metrics and business development operations.

Key Responsibilities

1. Workflow & Project Management

  • Draft prepare and manage engagement letters and related onboarding materials for new matters.
  • Own the legal intake and triage process ensuring matters are properly categorized prioritized and assigned.
  • Maintain real-time visibility into all ongoing projects; track status deadlines and attorney assignments.
  • Proactively follow up with attorneys on next steps deliverables and client commitments.
  • Set internal reminders follow-ups and escalation points when tasks or milestones are at risk.
  • Ensure attorneys and outsourced counsel meet internal deadlines by tracking deliverables sending timely reminders escalating delays and ensuring clarity around next steps.
  • Prepare weekly legal department summaries meeting agendas matter snapshots and follow-up lists for the Head of Legal to ensure full visibility into priorities and deadlines.
  • Coordinate communications between attorneys outsourced counsel and internal departments to ensure timely completion of work.
  • Act as the central point of coordination so the Head of Legal always knows where revenue-generating matters stand.
  • 2. Operational Infrastructure & Process Optimization

  • Develop and refine standardized legal workflows for intake assignments tracking and reporting.
  • Monitor database entries completed by the data entry team and ensure accuracy of matter status and performance metrics.
  • Update and maintain existing Excel-based reports and project-management-system reports ensuring data is accurate complete and current.
  • Improve overall legal workflows by identifying inefficiencies and proposing solutions that increase team productivity.
  • Continually assess attorney and outsourced counsel capacity to anticipate workload bottlenecks and proactively rebalance assignments.
  • Develop and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs) templates and workflow documentation to ensure consistency and clarity across the legal department.
  • Ensure adherence to internal legal processes templates approval paths and policy requirements across the department.
  • 3. Outsourced Counsel & Resource Management

  • Oversee the assignment and sourcing of outsourced attorneys for various matters.
  • Maintain a database of outsourced attorneys including experience specialties and performance history.
  • Match projects to the appropriate outsourced attorney based on skill availability and deadlines.
  • Track progress deadlines and deliverables of outsourced counsel; ensure alignment with internal expectations.
  • Assist with tracking outsourced counsel costs and supporting alignment with legal spend expectations.
  • 4. Business Development & Revenue Tracking

  • Track where legal revenue is being generated across matters and provide status summaries for leadership.
  • Ensure weekly and monthly revenue reports are correctly updated in Excel and within the project management system.
  • Ensure engagement letters new matters and workflow timelines align with revenue and business development objectives.
  • 5. Technology & Systems Management

  • Administer and maintain legal operations tools (intake systems matter trackers shared drives Excel / Sheets databases).
  • Use existing project management and reporting tools to keep matter statuses and revenue indicators accurate and current.
  • Recommend tools or automations that reduce manual work.
  • Support maintenance of internal knowledge bases and operational documentation.
  • Qualifications

    Education

  • Bachelors degree required.
  • Certifications in Legal Operations Project Management or Business Operations a plus.
  • Paralegal certificate not required.
  • Experience

  • 37 years of experience in a legal operations legal project management or legal / business coordination role (in-house preferred).
  • Proficiency maintaining and updating structured reports in Excel and within project management tools.
  • Experience with matter-tracking systems workflow tools or operational dashboards.
  • Strong background in legal department operations or business operations roles.
  • Experience triaging legal intake or managing organizational workflows strongly preferred.
  • Key Skills

  • Strong knowledge of legal terminology procedures and documentation.
  • Excellent organizational and project management skills; able to juggle multiple deadlines simultaneously.
  • Proficiency with legal and project management business software (e.g. Microsoft 365 SecureSafe Karbon or similar).
  • Analytical mindset with ability to identify and implement process improvements.
  • Excellent communication and follow-through skills when coordinating with attorneys and vendors.
  • Highly proactive with a strong sense of ownership over deadlines accuracy and operational execution.
  • Analytical skills to forecast workload needs and identify patterns across matters and revenue-related activities.
  • Performance Indicators

  • Accurate timely drafting and completion of engagement letters and project onboarding.
  • Clear increase in visibility of matter statuses and elimination of avoidable delays.
  • Positive feedback from attorneys regarding follow-ups tracking and workflow support.
  • Improved accuracy and usefulness of Excel and matter tracking systems.
  • Demonstrated ability to keep outsourced counsel aligned on track and meeting deadlines.
  • Evidence of operational improvements that reduce manual steps or enhance throughput.
  • Consistent delivery of clear concise weekly summaries and reporting that increase leaderships visibility into priorities bottlenecks and business development activity.
  • Reduction in attorney time spent on administrative coordination or matter tracking.
  • Improved turnaround time from matter intake to assignment and from assignment to deliverable completion.
  • Required Experience :

    Manager

    Key Skills

    Diploma,Jpa,Community Support,Infection Control,Contract Management,ACCA

    Employment Type : Full-Time

    Department / Functional Area : Legal

    Experience : years

    Vacancy : 1

    Hourly Salary Salary : 36 - 38

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