li style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Provide support for setting up and cleaning up conference rooms, including coordinating catering orders, set-up of necessary equipment, responding to audio visual requests in meeting rooms, and participating in quality assurance set-up for video conference meetings.
li>Drive improvements in operational and financial performance by monitoring and analysing key performance indicators at practice and service line level, ensuring alignment with planned targets (including cost management, working capital, staffing, and margin contribution).
li> Strong written and verbal communication skills; Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills; Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment with or without direct supervision and coordinate multiple projects; Strong client service skills, with the ability to engage with different departments to plan and problem-solve; Ability to meet changing deadlines and balance competing demands; Ability to assess the cost/benefit of a course of action and to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw conclusions. Familiarity with the following software: Relativity, Case Map, Case Notebook, TimeMap, Sanction, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Nuance, Opus2, LiveNote, FTP Transfer Protocol, Encryption Protocol, and all of Microsoft Office, especially Excel & Access.
li> Experience: 5. Good fit job titles/keywords for candidates: Plaintiff PI Trial Attorney, Trial Lawyer, First Chair, Jury Trials, Catastrophic Injury, Auto Negligence, Premises Liability, Wrongful Death, Trial Prep, Depositions, Mediation, Damages Evaluation, Demand Strategy . Note: Candidates must be actively barred and in good standing in the state for the office location they are pursuing (Georgia, Florida, or Illinois) and must have 5+ years of plaintiff personal injury experience plus at least 5 PI trials as first chair.
While the specific job requirements of a DLA Piper position may vary depending upon scope of the job and area of specialty, there are certain universal requirements that are expected of all DLA Piper employees, which include but are not limited to: Effectively communicate, verbally and in writing, with clients, lawyers, business professionals, and third parties. Engage in both physical and sedentary activity, such as (a) working at a computer for extended periods of time, including on-screen reading and typing; (b) participating in digital/virtual conference calls; (c) participating in meetings as needed.