PRACTICE SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategy and Business Planning

• Assist practice leadership with development of practice specific initiatives to achieve the strategic goals of the firm.

Marketing and Business Development

• Assist practice leadership in raising our internal and external profile brand.
• Engage and work with the Marketing and Business Development team to track practice developments; raise awareness and understanding of key market trends, and develop practice policies consistent with the strategic goals of the practice.

Communications

• Draft weekly communications, periodic newsletters, intranet postings, news items, and pertinent information regarding highlights and events to raise internal practice awareness.

Meetings and Events

• Assist practice with planning, hosting meetings, events, and conferences.
• Provide consistent visibility and support at all practice events, Washington, D.C. office events
• Support DEandI and Responsible Business initiatives and opportunities
• Schedule practice meetings and coordinate all arrangements for such meetings (audio/visual needs, meeting rooms, catering requests, etc.)
• Attend practice meetings, as needed.
• All members of the firm are encouraged to participate in our Global Responsible Business program.

PRACTICE SPECIALIST ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

LEGAL SUPPORT

• Provide exceptional support in document preparation specific to practice requirements.
• Prepare annual and/or supplemental audit letter responses, memorandums, correspondence, pleadings, and document binders.
• Prepare practice specific court and legislation filings.

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SCHEDULING

• Schedules and maintains calendars, contact information, and other pertinent information as requested and within the contact database.
• Answers telephone and accurately takes and relays messages.
• Coordinates scheduling of video conferencing and conference calls.

TRAVEL and EXPENSES

• Coordinates travel arrangements through in-house Travel Department and prepares timekeepers expense reports in a timely manner.
• Arranges for payment of vendor invoices or checks to be drawn and charged to appropriate client/matter numbers.

TIME RECORDING

• Records, reviews, edits, and closes time entries through the web-based time entry program using Firm standards.

ADMINISTRATIVE ENGAGEMENT

• Responds to incoming requests in a professional manner.
• Interacts effectively and courteously, in person, by telephone, and in writing with lawyers and Business Team professionals of all levels.
• Attends department assemblies upon requests.
• Performs ad-hoc projects as assigned.

CLIENT RELATIONS

• Generates client conflict inquiries; Opens new matters and prepare engagement letters.
• Responds to customer/client requests in a skilled and timely manner.
• Responds to internal client requests effectively and courteously, in person, by telephone and written communication to lawyers and Business Team professionals.

DOCUMENT PRODUCTION

• Following the established document processing methods and procedures of the firm, creates, edits, and proofreads work product to ensure accuracy.
• Prepares a variety of forms and creates new documents using the Firms best practice methods.
• Prints and organizes a variety of documents received in a range of formats.

RECORDS

• Following the established document preservation of records procedures of the firm, maintains administrative files, indexes, prepares files for off-site storage and retrieval with the Records Department.