Legal Operations & Transitions Lead

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP; California; Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Parental leave

Life insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts

Bonus program

Job summary

Gibson Dunn is seeking a Legal Operations Specialist in the United States to manage attorney transitions across the firm. You will coordinate lateral arrivals, secondments, and departures, aligning stakeholders and driving transitions to on-time completion.

Reporting to the Manager, Onboarding and Offboarding, you will evaluate processes, document improvements, and maintain trackers and data accuracy while ensuring governance and security during transitions.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in legal operations, law firm administration, or related professional services where deadlines are critical.
• Proven ability to coordinate multi-party projects from initiation through completion.
• Experience with lateral integration, secondments, or attorney departures is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the central point of coordination for each attorney transition (lateral arrival, secondment, or departure).
• Plan and direct each transition, adapt process roadmaps, and set/manage timelines with involved parties.
• Liaise with Recruiting, HR, Conflicts, NBI, General Counsel, Finance, IS, Practice Management and Office Operations to resolve dependencies.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Discretion

Cross-training

Tools

Intapp

iManage

Job description

Gibson Dunn is seeking a Legal Operations Specialist in the United States to manage attorney transitions across the firm. You will coordinate lateral arrivals, secondments, and departures, aligning stakeholders and driving transitions to on-time completion.

Reporting to the Manager, Onboarding and Offboarding, you will evaluate processes, document improvements, and maintain trackers and data accuracy while ensuring governance and security during transitions.