Managing Attorney – Regional

WilmerHale; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 184,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Schedule

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

WilmerHale is seeking a Managing Attorney – Regional to act as a senior procedural leader within the MAO, advising on litigation strategy, court rules, and filing requirements. You will oversee daily workflows, supervise staff, and guide calendar management and service of process across multiple offices.

The role combines substantive legal expertise with practical leadership, data-driven decision making, and collaboration with partners and vendors to ensure high-quality, timely work across

Qualifications

• JD required and active bar membership in a U.S. jurisdiction
• Minimum 7 years of relevant experience, including at least 3 years in a supervisory role
• Strong knowledge of federal/state court systems, civil and appellate procedure
• Ability to supervise, develop, and lead MAO personnel
• Excellent research, writing, and presentation skills

Responsibilities

• Advise attorneys on procedural and strategic issues in litigation, arbitration, appellate, and regulatory matters
• Lead MAO operations including court filings, docketing, calendaring, and service of process
• Develop and deliver training materials and CLEs
• Coordinate staffing and resources across offices and time zones
• Use data/analytics to support planning and service delivery

Skills

Litigation procedure

Legal research

Court rules knowledge

Leadership

Staff supervision

Analytical thinking

Communication

Time management

Strategic advice

Education

JD required

Tools

PACER

Bloomberg Law

Lex Machina

CourtAlert

Job description

WilmerHale is a leading, full-service international law firm with 1,000 lawyers located throughout 12 offices in the United States and Europe. Our lawyers work at the intersection of government, technology and business, and we remain committed to our guiding principles of providing quality, excellent legal and client services; developing diversity among our lawyers and staff and cultivating an environment that promotes an ambitious spirit, collaboration and collegiality by drawing on the extraordinary talents and dynamic experience of our lawyers. Our goal is to reflect the diversity of our clients and the communities in which we practice.

About the Role

The Managing Attorney – Regional serves as a senior procedural advisor and operational leader in the Managing Attorney’s Office ("MAO"). The Managing Attorney – Regional advises attorneys and case teams on litigation, arbitration, appellate, and regulatory proceedings by researching and analyzing procedural issues; advising on procedural strategy, court rules, filing requirements, court practices, and deadline calculations; reviewing filings and related materials; and developing practical solutions to complex procedural questions. The Managing Attorney – Regional promotes sound litigation practices, procedural compliance, informed decision-making, and risk mitigation.

The Managing Attorney – Regional oversees the daily workflows of assigned offices and core MAO services, including court filings, docketing, calendaring, court services, service of process, personnel supervision, and the MAO’s knowledge, experience, and analytics capabilities. The Managing Attorney – Regional ensures that filings, deadline calculations, calendar entries, and other litigation‑related tasks are completed accurately, on time, and consistent with applicable rules, court practices, procedures, and Firm standards.

The Managing Attorney – Regional combines substantive legal and procedural acumen with practical leadership and personnel management. The Managing Attorney – Regional develops MAO personnel, resolves operational challenges, and translates complex requirements into useful guidance for attorneys, clients, and colleagues.

The Managing Attorney – Regional shares responsibility with the other department leadership for departmental operations, staffing, resource allocation, service delivery, establishing priorities, advancing initiatives, and guiding the MAO’s long‑term direction.

The Managing Attorney – Regional demonstrates a strong commitment to professionalism by setting clear expectations and ensuring the delivery of high ‑ quality service; fosters and reinforces a positive, solution ‑ oriented (‘can ‑ do’) approach across the team; and ensures effective support of internal departments, external clients, and vendors by modeling and requiring clear, courteous communication through electronic correspondence, telephone, and in person interactions.

What You Will Be Doing

Procedural Guidance

• Advise attorneys and case teams on procedural and strategic issues in litigation, arbitration, appellate matters, and regulatory proceedings.
• Research and analyze federal, state, local, and electronic filing rules, including individual judges’ rules, requirements, procedures, practices, standing orders, and filing requirements, with attention to developments that trigger filing, calendaring, or other procedural obligations for case teams or MAO operations.
• Provide technical guidance and practical advice on civil and appellate procedure; court rules, local rules, standing orders, filing requirements, court practices, procedural strategy, and deadline calculation and calendaring.
• Review court filings and related documents for accuracy, completeness, and compliance with applicable rules and filing requirements.
• Prepare and present CLEs, training programs, written guidance, and other educational resources.

Operations and Leadership

• Lead assigned MAO operations, including court filings, docketing, calendaring, court services, service of process, and related support functions.
• Ensure that court filings, deadline calculations, calendar entries, and other litigation‑related tasks are completed accurately, on time, and consistent with applicable rules, court practices, procedures, and Firm standards.
• Oversee processes for identifying and responding to court documents, notices, orders, and other events that trigger filing, calendaring, or related procedural obligations.
• Coordinate staffing, workloads, resources, and coverage across offices and time zones to support service delivery and continuity.
• Share responsibility with the other Managing Attorney – Regional and senior department staff for departmental operations, staffing coordination, resource allocation, and service delivery across offices.
• Work with the Counsel – Managing Attorney, the other Managing Attorney – Regional , and senior department staff to set departmental priorities, advance initiatives, plan resources, and guide the MAO’s long‑term direction.

Knowledge, Experience, and Analytics

• Develop and maintain the MAO’s knowledge‑management and experience‑management resources and services.
• Capture, organize, and share procedural guidance, court practices, precedents, filing resources, and institutional knowledge.
• Help attorneys and MAO personnel identify and apply relevant institutional knowledge, prior experience, and analytical resources to current matters.
• Source, evaluate, and synthesize internal and external data concerning courts, judges, litigation activity, filing practices, workloads, and MAO services.
• Use data and analytics to support case teams, departmental planning, resource allocation, Firm initiatives, and business development.
• Collaborate with knowledge management, experience management, research, innovation, technology, data, and other business‑professional teams to improve access to reliable information and institutional experience.

Team Development and Collaboration

• Supervise, recruit, train, mentor, and develop assigned MAO personnel.
• Monitor work through completion and hold personnel accountable for accurate, timely, and high‑quality results.
• Promote ownership, collaboration, accountability, and consistent management practices across the MAO.
• Build productive relationships across offices and with attorneys, business professionals, courts, agencies, vendors, and other service providers.

Required Skills

What You Will Bring to This Position

Extensive knowledge of federal and state court systems, civil and appellate procedure, court and agency rules, filing requirements, and court practices; familiarity with New York, California, Colorado, Massachusetts, and/or Washington, D.C., court systems and procedures preferred.

Ability to conduct sophisticated legal and procedural research, analyze complex procedural and strategic issues, and provide clear, accurate, practical guidance.

Ability to identify documents and events that trigger filing, calendaring, and other procedural obligations.

Ability to identify, evaluate, and apply institutional knowledge, prior experience, and data to support legal and operational decision‑making.

Proficiency with federal and state court websites, electronic filing systems, and court research and litigation‑information platforms, including PACER, Bloomberg Law, and Lex Machina.

Familiarity with automated docketing and calendaring systems, including CourtAlert or comparable platforms, and with the controls needed to maintain accurate and reliable calendar data.

Demonstrated interest in using emerging legal technologies, including AI‑enabled research, drafting, workflow, knowledge‑management, experience‑management, and analytics tools, to improve analysis, efficiency, and service delivery.

Demonstrated ability to supervise personnel and direct substantive and operational work involving competing demands, shifting priorities, and time‑sensitive requirements.

Excellent research, writing, communication, and presentation skills, including the ability to explain complex legal and procedural issues clearly and effectively.

Ability to exercise sound judgment, work independently, and perform effectively in a fast‑paced environment.

Strong interpersonal skills and a practical, responsive, solution‑oriented approach to client service and cross‑office collaboration.

Remains open to technological change as generative AI becomes more integrated into the firm’s practice, actively develop comfort with new tools, and adapt how work is performed to support efficiency and innovation.

Availability and flexibility to work evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed.

Required Experience

• Minimum 7 years of relevant experience, including at least three years in a supervisory role within a Managing Attorney’s Office, Clerk’s Office, comparable legal operations function, or litigation practice.

Education

• JD required. The candidate must be an active member in good standing of the bar of a U.S. jurisdiction associated with a WilmerHale office or be immediately eligible for admission by waiver. The candidate must maintain active membership in good standing in the jurisdiction of the candidate’s home office.

Why Join Us?

• A values‑driven firm that fosters collaboration and respect
• The hiring range for this position is $183,745 – $229,682 annually, with final compensation based on experience, qualifications and internal equity.
• This position is eligible for a Hybrid Schedule
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match and profit‑sharing options
• Paid time off and holidays

Our Commitment

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (WilmerHale) is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to compliance with all applicable laws prohibiting employment discrimination. It is our policy to take all employment actions and make all employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, citizenship status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, disability, military status, status as a disabled or other protected veteran, or any other protected status under applicable law. WilmerHale will make reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and otherwise as required by applicable law.

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This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by employees in the position. It is not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills for positions. The firm reserves the right at all times, in its sole discretion, to add or subtract duties and responsibilities, as it deems necessary.