Jobs at Akerman

Plan, coordinate, and execute firmwide client and internal events including logistics, vendor negotiation, budgets, AV, and staffing. Collaborate with attorneys and BD teams, ensure compliance, evaluate event ROI, mentor team members, and support best practices to enhance client relationships.

Plan, coordinate, and execute internal and external firm events (client networking, CLEs, retreats). Manage vendors, budgets, venues, logistics, AV, staffing, and timelines. Collaborate with attorneys and business development, ensure policy compliance, measure ROI, gather attendee feedback, and support/mentor events team.

Provide full-spectrum litigation paralegal support including discovery and e-discovery management, drafting pleadings, legal research (Westlaw/Lexis), trial preparation and courtroom technology, document review and production, calendar and file management, and partnering with attorneys to improve workflows using AI and legal technology.

The Legal Administrative Assistant supports attorneys in managing trademark matters through administrative tasks, billing support, document management, and client communication.

Lead cloud strategy and architecture for the firm's Microsoft ecosystem (M365, Azure, Purview, Copilot). Oversee deployment, security, governance, compliance (ABA, GDPR, HIPAA), operational excellence, incident response, vendor management, and adoption/training for collaboration and productivity tools.

Lead strategy, architecture, deployment, and security of the firm's Microsoft-focused cloud environment (M365, Azure, Purview, Defender, Copilot). Oversee governance, compliance, incident response, vendor relationships, modernization, and user adoption for secure, scalable cloud services across legal and administrative teams.

Lead strategy, implementation, and optimization of the firm's Microsoft-centric cloud services (M365, Azure AD, Purview, Defender, Copilot). Drive cloud architecture, governance, security, compliance, performance monitoring, vendor management, and user adoption across legal and administrative teams.

Lead strategy, implementation, and optimization of the firm's Microsoft cloud infrastructure (M365, Exchange, Azure, Purview, Defender, Copilot). Develop cloud roadmap and architecture, ensure governance/security/compliance (ABA, GDPR, HIPAA), manage deployments and incident response, partner with vendors, and drive adoption, training, and change management for collaboration and AI tools.

The IP Docketing Manager oversees the firm's intellectual property docketing function, manages a team, ensures compliance and accuracy, and collaborates to improve workflows.

The IP Docketing Manager will oversee the firm's IP docketing function, manage processes for U.S. and foreign patent and trademark matters, and lead a team while ensuring operational excellence.

The IP Docketing Manager leads the firm's IP docketing function, overseeing patent and trademark workflows, managing teams, and ensuring compliance and operational excellence.

The IP Docketing Manager will lead the docketing function, ensure compliance in IP matters, and oversee a team in a law firm setting.

Manage physical and electronic client/matter records per firm policies: maintain and audit file room, retrieve/scan/transfer records (on- and off-site), assist with matter closings and dispositions, support departing attorneys, provide status reports, and participate in special scanning and cleanup projects.

Provide administrative support to litigation attorneys including drafting and formatting legal documents, e-filing with courts, trial preparation, calendar and billing management, conflicts checks and heavy file maintenance.

Research and analyze potential conflicts of interest for new business and hires using Hoover's/D&B, Secretary of State sites, Intapp, and internet resources. Run and validate conflict searches, prepare and verify conflict reports, update and maintain the conflicts database, respond to attorney/staff requests, review junior analysts (senior role), and support process and technology improvements. Role requires late-day schedules and availability for urgent confidential matters.

Perform conflicts-of-interest research and analysis for potential matters and new hires using Hoover's/D&B, Intapp, and public records. Validate and document party information, prepare accurate conflicts reports, assist attorneys and staff, maintain Intapp data, and support process improvements. May handle urgent/confidential matters, evening schedules, and mentor or review junior analysts for senior roles.

Research and analyze potential conflicts of interest for new business and hires using Hoovers/D&B, Secretary of State sites, and Intapp. Run and validate searches, prepare accurate conflicts reports, assist attorneys and staff, maintain and update conflicts database, support urgent/confidential matters (including late-day hours), and contribute to process and system improvements. Senior role includes database maintenance and reviewing junior analysts' work.

Research and analyze potential conflicts of interest for new business and hires using Hoover's/D&B, Secretary of State sites, and other tools. Run and validate conflicts searches, verify and maintain conflicts reports and Intapp records, assist attorneys and staff, support urgent/confidential matters, and contribute to process improvements. Senior analysts maintain the database and review junior analysts' work. Role requires late-day availability and occasional evenings/weekends on rotation.

Research and analyze potential conflicts of interest for new business and hires using Hoover's/D&B, Secretary of State sites, and Intapp. Run and validate searches, prepare and verify conflicts reports, respond to attorney requests, maintain Intapp data, support process improvements, and be available for late-day shifts and rotating urgent matters. Senior duties include database maintenance and reviewing junior analysts' work.

Perform conflicts-of-interest research using Hoover's/D&B, Secretary of State sites, and other tools; run and analyze searches, verify reports, update Intapp data, assist attorneys, maintain accuracy and confidentiality, and support process improvements. May review junior analysts' work and handle urgent matters on rotating evening/weekend schedules.