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O'Hagan Meyer
O'Hagan Meyer
201 – 500 Employees
ConsultingDefenseLegal
O'Hagan Meyer is a legal services firm providing litigation and advisory support for complex business and professional matters. The firm combines practical legal guidance with a client-focused approach, including tailored counsel for architects, engineers, and other design professionals. Its experience includes employment law and discrimination disputes, alongside broader litigation work intended to help clients navigate challenging legal issues.
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Chief of Staff at O'Hagan Meyer

Advise O’Hagan Meyer’s Managing Partners at a growing national law firm. Coordinate firm-wide management matters, operations, attorney integration, and leadership decisions.

USUnited StatesILIllinoisHybridFull-timeLeadEnglish RequiredChief of Staff

Description

  • Act as the primary liaison between the Managing Partners and attorneys across the firm
  • Assess, prioritize, and coordinate matters requiring leadership attention
  • Contact attorneys who raise management concerns, gather facts, and determine appropriate next steps
  • Resolve matters within delegated authority and recommend courses of action for issues requiring Managing Partner decisions
  • Support partner and office matters involving origination credit, compensation, staffing, recruiting, client relationships, billing rates, and related management issues
  • Help mediate disputes between partners and across offices
  • Work with Operations, Finance, Human Resources, Recruiting, Marketing, and other administrative teams
  • Track significant open management matters and confirm that follow-up actions are completed
  • Prepare concise weekly or biweekly briefings covering matters requiring decisions, issues under review, and matters resolved
  • Participate in designated leadership meetings and oversee implementation of decisions and action items
  • Recognize recurring issues and propose policies, procedures, and systems that strengthen firm operations
  • Support the integration of new attorneys, practice groups, and offices
  • Lead confidential and sensitive projects for the Managing Partners

Requirements

  • Extensive experience working in or alongside a large, sophisticated law firm
  • Substantial law firm management or administration experience, ideally in an AmLaw 100 or AmLaw 200 setting
  • Demonstrated judgment, discretion, and ability to handle confidential information
  • Ability to work effectively with senior partners and strong personalities
  • Highly developed interpersonal and conflict-resolution skills
  • Confidence to make decisions and resolve issues without unnecessary escalation
  • Strong analytical ability and capacity to quickly assess complex personnel, financial, and client matters
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Practical, solutions-focused approach to management
  • Ability to separate genuinely urgent matters from issues handled through the firm’s standard management process
  • Strong organizational skills for managing multiple concurrent issues across a national law firm
  • A J.D. and previous legal practice experience are preferred but not required
  • Lawyers who have moved into law firm management, operations, business development, or another senior administrative function are especially encouraged to apply

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision health coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Basic, voluntary, and accidental death and dismemberment life insurance
  • Paid vacation, sick leave, and company holidays
  • Maternity and paternity leave
  • Short- and long-term disability coverage
  • Training and professional development
  • Work-from-home option
  • Complimentary food and snacks in the office
  • Wellness resources

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