Paralegal Administrator

Nelson Mullins an AmLaw 100 Law Firm is seeking a Paralegal Administrator to support the Paralegal Services team.The Paralegal Administrator provides day-to-day guidance to the paralegal coordinators to serve as a key support to the Paralegal Manager. This role helps ensure consistent onboarding training workflow coverage and adherence to firm policies while monitoring performance workload distribution and service delivery across assigned practice groups.

This role supports the Paralegal Manager in the day-to-day oversight of the Paralegal team including managing coaching and mentoring paralegal coordinators. Responsibilities include assisting with performance evaluations recruiting and compensation processes while serving as a liaison between coordinators management attorneys and the paralegal committee. The position also monitors team workloads coordinates staffing coverage and identifies work allocation opportunities to ensure continuity of service. Additionally this role helps assess ongoing training needs partners with management and training resources to support development initiatives and communicates firm policies and procedures while appropriately escalating team concerns and operational issues.

The ideal candidate will possess a Bachelors degree and at least eight years of paralegal experience along with demonstrated experience in coaching training mentoring or other leadership responsibilities. Candidates should have a strong understanding of law firm timekeeping practices utilization concepts and professional standards as well as the ability to manage competing priorities coordinate team coverage and make sound recommendations regarding workload distribution and overtime needs. Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including Word Outlook and Excel along with experience using matter management and document management systems is required.

With more than 1000 attorneys policy advisors e-discovery professionals and other business professionals across offices in California Colorado the District of Columbia Florida Georgia Illinois Ohio Maryland Massachusetts Minnesota New York Pennsylvania Tennessee Texas Virginia West Virginia and throughout North Carolina and South Carolina Nelson Mullins has strong roots in the business community and an appreciation for new directions in the business world.