Litigation Case Manager (Eminent Domain)

Join a highly regarded litigation team handling sophisticated, high-profile matters that shape real estate, infrastructure, and public development projects. This Litigation Case Manager role serves as the operational backbone of a busy legal practice, ensuring complex litigation matters progress efficiently from inception through resolution. The ideal Litigation Case Manager candidate is a proactive, detail-oriented professional who excels at managing competing priorities, coordinating across legal teams, and driving accountability in a fast-paced environment.

Litigation Case Manager Duties and Requirements

• Oversee a high-volume portfolio of complex litigation matters, monitoring case status, deadlines, filings, hearings, and key milestones from initiation through resolution.
• Conduct regular case reviews with attorneys and support staff, maintaining action plans, status reports, litigation trackers, and other case management tools.
• Coordinate litigation workflows, proactively identifying scheduling conflicts, bottlenecks, and potential risks to ensure matters remain on track.
• Manage critical deadlines, court dates, discovery schedules, trial preparation, and filing requirements across multiple jurisdictions while collaborating with docketing and legal support teams.
• Facilitate delegation and follow-through of assignments among attorneys, paralegals, and legal support professionals, ensuring timely completion of deliverables.
• Prepare and distribute matter status updates, deadline reports, and action-item summaries while supporting practice group operations and resource planning.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required, along with 8+ years of litigation case management, senior litigation support, or related law firm experience; experience with complex litigation, strong knowledge of court procedures, and exceptional organizational, communication, and project management skills are highly preferred.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.