Jobs at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Lead firm-wide projects across departments and offices from initiation through completion. Manage objectives, scope, timelines, budgets, resources, risks, deliverables, metrics, and stakeholder communications. Develop implementation plans, resolve issues, standardize processes, support technology implementations, and report progress to senior management. The role requires professional services project management experience, technical project exposure, budgeting and resource allocation skills, strong communication, and the ability to manage competing priorities.

Provides administrative support to attorneys and consultants, including calendar and meeting management, travel coordination, expense tracking, client file maintenance, legal document preparation, proofreading, court filing support, research, and correspondence. The role requires strong organization, discretion, communication, multitasking, and knowledge of state and federal filing procedures, legal software, Microsoft Office, and e-filing systems.

Leads knowledge engineering and content operations across legal and consulting practices. Partners with subject-matter experts to structure expertise into taxonomies, decision trees, playbooks, metadata standards, workflows, and AI-ready content. Governs content quality, enterprise search, retrieval systems, and experience-management data models while supporting automation, GenAI, ethical-wall compliance, and institutional knowledge reuse. Measures findability, content health, and reuse through reporting dashboards.

Supports attorneys and business professionals with legal research, document preparation, filings, case and transaction coordination, document management, regulatory monitoring, UCC searches, and client communications. The role involves assisting with litigation and corporate matters, maintaining case files and data rooms, preparing closing materials, and creating AI agents. It is designed for recent graduates seeking foundational legal and project management experience before law school.

Leads nationwide lateral partner and practice group recruiting, including strategy, market mapping, candidate sourcing, evaluation, due diligence, negotiations, onboarding, and integration. Advises firm leadership on legal market trends, competitive intelligence, profitability, conflicts, and growth opportunities. Builds relationships with partners, legal search firms, and industry contacts while managing confidential information and coordinating cross-functional diligence.

The Senior Manager of Strategic Growth oversees recruiting strategies, manages all aspects of hiring including lateral Associate searches, collaborates with various teams, and ensures a smooth recruitment process for candidates.

Provide high-level executive support to the CEO/Managing Partner, managing complex calendars, travel, meetings, communications, confidential files, board and firm events, expense reports, and stakeholder coordination while improving processes and ensuring executive efficiency.

The role involves leading strategic growth through recruiting, mentoring staff, and implementing recruiting strategies to fill talent gaps.

The Manager of Legal Engagement is responsible for attorney staffing, onboarding, performance feedback processes, policy execution, and attorney experience enhancement at the law firm.

Provide administrative support to legal and consulting professionals: manage calendars, travel, billing and time entry, prepare and format legal documents, handle reception duties, track expenses, maintain document and case files, coordinate meetings/catering, and support cross-functional projects to improve workflows.

Manage budgeting, pricing, and matter-level financial analysis for firm engagements. Create pricing recommendations, monitor actuals vs. budget, build reporting and dashboards, perform data cleansing and financial modeling, and partner with stakeholders to optimize profitability and data integrity.

Support the Performance & Advancement team by administering the firm's performance management system, coordinating review and advancement timelines, maintaining records and trackers, preparing reports and communications, auditing data, coordinating meetings, and partnering with HR, Accounting, and other teams to improve processes and support review cycles.

The Business Development Specialist provides strategic business development advice, enhances relationships, manages proposals, and drives revenues with key practices and partners.

The Assistant Controller oversees accounting operations, ensures compliance, drives improvements, and leads teams to strengthen financial performance.

The Administrative Assistant supports healthcare consultants by managing schedules, billing, document preparation, and maintaining organizational tasks while ensuring a positive client experience.

The Administrative Assistant will manage calendars, schedule meetings, and support health care consulting projects while maintaining organization and communication with stakeholders.

The Administrative Assistant will perform scheduling, billing, document preparation, and provide administrative support to healthcare consultants, requiring strong multitasking and organizational skills.

The Administrative Assistant supports lawyers and consultants in health care with calendar management, billing, and document preparation.

The Senior Director of Operations will streamline processes, manage projects, and enhance efficiency while overseeing administrative and operational functions within the firm.

The Billing Specialist processes high volumes of bills, ensures accuracy, communicates solutions for billing issues, and assists with special billing projects.