Sterlington is looking for a Legal Operations Practice Manager to implement AI workflows and oversee the execution layer of a Senior Partner's Corporate and M&A practice - a high-volume, high-stakes environment serving founders, executives, and private capital clients on some of the most consequential transactions of their careers. This role sits at the center of the practice, ensuring that complex, multi-party matters progress with clarity, continuity, and control - bringing structure to evolving priorities, maintaining visibility across all active workstreams, and ensuring that commitments, internal and external, are delivered without friction.
You will ensure that the operational dimension of the practice is reliable, anticipatory, and unobtrusive - working in alignment with the broader support infrastructure of the firm, never duplicating it.
Responsibilities
AI ‑ Driven Process Innovation: Drive continuous improvement by refining workflows for greater operational efficiency and scalability, while integrating AI tools in a measured, high ‑ judgment manner to enhance matter tracking, document summarization, and internal coordination.
Matter Management: Maintain end-to-end visibility and structured tracking across all active matters - overseeing status, timelines, dependencies, and client-facing commitments within a high-volume transactional practice to ensure clarity and control without unnecessary process overhead.
Decision Support: Prepare concise, decision-ready matter summaries and status updates that allow the senior partner to act quickly and with confidence and then drive execution for those actions.
Risk Mitigation: Anticipate gaps, misalignments, and potential delays - and resolve them before they surface.
AI ‑ Driven Process Innovation: Drive continuous improvement by refining workflows for greater operational efficiency and scalability, while integrating AI tools in a measured, high ‑ judgment manner to enhance matter tracking, document summarization, and internal coordination.
Pipeline Management: Support transaction pipeline visibility and business development follow-through in coordination with the senior partner.
What Success Looks Like
Full matter visibility established within 30 days: status, timelines, and commitments tracked with precision across the entire practice
The senior partner operates with complete situational awareness, without having to ask for it
Manual workflows are replaced by AI-enabled processes
System scalability is enhanced, and plans for further scalability projects are planned out
Execution becomes more predictable as complexity and volume grow
Requirements
Hands-on AI fluency: You have built and deployed workflows in a professional context
Experience in practice management, legal operations, or transactional coordination within a law firm or professional services environment
Legal background preferred: J.D. or equivalent; US corporate and M&A familiarity is a strong plus
Native or full professional English fluency required
Structured, systems-oriented mindset: You introduce clarity without over-engineering
At Sterlington, we believe that world-class talent has no boundaries. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where unique perspectives are valued and every individual has the opportunity to thrive. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply.
Benefits
Remote work options
Additional Information
Reports to: Head of Corporate/M&A Practice
Department: Corporate/M&A
Contract : Independent Contract
Location: 100% Remote
Working Hours: Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Our Firm:
Sterlington PLLC is a full-service law firm focusing on complex corporate, litigation, executive compensation, and private wealth matters. As a firm, we focus on the economic as well as the legal aspects of our matters. Among other strengths, Sterlington is the ultimate law firm for founders, senior executives, and UHNWIs as well as their related businesses. Learn more at: www.sterlingtonlaw.com
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