Paralegal Administrator

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough • Atlanta, GA

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About The Position

Nelson Mullins, an AmLaw 100 Law Firm, is seeking a Paralegal Administrator to support the Paralegal Services team. The Paralegal Administrator provides day-to-day guidance to the paralegal coordinators to serve as a key support to the Paralegal Manager. This role helps ensure consistent onboarding, training, workflow coverage, and adherence to firm policies while monitoring performance, workload distribution, and service delivery across assigned practice groups.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• At least eight years of paralegal experience
• Demonstrated experience in coaching, training, mentoring, or other leadership responsibilities
• Strong understanding of law firm timekeeping practices, utilization concepts, and professional standards
• Ability to manage competing priorities
• Ability to coordinate team coverage
• Ability to make sound recommendations regarding workload distribution and overtime needs
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Outlook, and Excel
• Experience using matter management and document management systems

Responsibilities

• Provides day-to-day guidance to paralegal coordinators.
• Supports the Paralegal Manager in the day-to-day oversight of the Paralegal team, including managing, coaching, and mentoring paralegal coordinators.
• Assists with performance evaluations, recruiting, and compensation processes.
• Serves as a liaison between coordinators, management, attorneys, and the paralegal committee.
• Monitors team workloads and coordinates staffing coverage.
• Identifies work allocation opportunities to ensure continuity of service.
• Assesses ongoing training needs and partners with management and training resources to support development initiatives.
• Communicates firm policies and procedures.
• Appropriately escalates team concerns and operational issues.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level