Litigation Practice Assistant

Litigation Practice Assistant

Join Orrick's award-winning Team Support team and play a hands-on role in reshaping how legal services are delivered. Orrick has been ranked among the world's Top 20 Most Innovative Law Firms by the Financial Times for 20 consecutive years and is consistently recognized as a leader in legal technology and innovation, including placement in Vault's Top 10 for Tech & Innovation. This role sits within Team Support in our San Francisco office, a team recently recognized by the Financial Times for Innovation in People Strategy—highlighting the firm's reimagined approach to legal support, talent models, and operational excellence. As a Litigation Practice Assistant, you will work directly with attorneys and operations leaders to provide high-impact administrative, operational, and legal practice support while helping modernize how legal support services function at scale. You'll gain hands-on experience with emerging technologies, earn digital fluency certifications, and receive structured training in AI, automation, and legal operations. This is a rare opportunity to be embedded in a team that is actively redefining legal support—offering real responsibility, steep learning, and exposure to both the business and practice sides of a top-tier global law firm.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted operational partner to assigned attorneys, managing priorities, workflows, and day-to-day execution on their behalf.
• Manage complex calendars, including scheduling meetings and travel arrangements across multiple time zones, with a focus on prioritization and sequencing of work.
• Prepare and coordinate logistics for meetings and events, including agenda creation, materials preparation, and follow-up actions.
• Draft, proofread, and edit correspondence, presentations, and reports, often synthesizing information into executive-level summaries and briefs.
• Conduct research and prepare background materials to support legal, client, and internal initiatives.
• Plan and run small to medium events, team meetings, and external engagements.
• Exercise sound judgment in communications and decision-making, escalating thoughtfully and acting independently where appropriate.
• Ensure assigned attorneys' practices and workflows run smoothly.
• Liaise with Billing, IT, HR, New Business & Conflicts, and other firm departments, often serving as the primary point of coordination.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience).
• Minimum 3 years of experience as a litigation legal assistant in a law firm.
• At least 3 years of civil litigation calendaring and court filing experience.
• Knowledge of e-filing in State Courts, Federal, and Appellate Courts required.
• Exceptional organizational and project management skills; proven ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver under tight deadlines.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft 365; ability to quickly master new tools and technologies.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to produce concise, high-quality deliverables.
• Independently manages workload, meets deadlines, and exercises sound judgment in prioritizing urgent vs. non-urgent matters.
• Responds with urgency and effectiveness in fast-paced, high-stakes situations - solving problems decisively while seeking guidance when appropriate.
• Consistently demonstrates professionalism, discretion, and composure under pressure.
• Ability to work in the office at least three days a week, and the ability to work overtime when required.