Supervising Partner - Family Law

Job Description

Job Description

At O'Connor Family Law, we believe in empowering both clients and our team. As a Supervising Partner in our family law firm, you're not just an attorney; you're a leader, a mentor, and a strategist. This role places you at the heart of our mission to transform lives through exceptional legal service. You'll guide our legal team, ensuring every client receives the highest quality representation while fostering a nurturing environment for attorney development. Your influence will stretch beyond day-to-day operations, impacting our firm's growth and the future of family law.

We're looking for someone who embodies our C.H.A.N.G.E. values—courageousness, honesty, ambitiousness, navigator, growth-oriented, and empowering. If you're eager to lead without the pressure of equity ownership and thrive in a high-volume, high-touch environment, you’ll find a home here. In return, you'll enjoy a competitive compensation package with opportunities for performance-based incentives, all within a culture that values accountability, emotional intelligence, and teamwork. Let’s build a future where we not only meet expectations but redefine them. Join us, and together, we’ll make a difference.

$155,000 - $300,000 Total annual compensation

• Attorney Supervision & Development (Serve as the primary escalation point for associate attorney legal strategy questions, Coach and mentor developing attorneys, Conduct file strategy reviews, Support hearing and trial preparation, Identify legal risk and quality control issues, Help improve attorney judgment and independence, Assist in onboarding and training new attorneys)
• Legal Operations & Quality Control (Ensure legal consistency across the team, Improve workflow efficiency, Support SOP implementation and legal systems development, Reduce unnecessary write-offs and realization leakage, Monitor legal quality and client experience standards, Help maintain accountability and case movement)
• Litigation & Client Representation (Maintain a reduced but meaningful caseload, Handle complex litigation matters, Assist with high-risk or high-conflict cases, Participate in advanced legal strategy development, Model high-level client communication and professionalism)
• Leadership Contribution (Help strengthen firm culture, Support accountability systems, Participate in legal department leadership meetings, Contribute to long-term legal division scalability)
• What Success Looks Like as a Supervising Partner A successful Supervising Partner will help to improve attorney competency, reduce attorney dependency, improve realization, reduce operational bottlenecks, strengthen legal consistency, and improve overall legal division performance. This role is both a high-level attorney role AND a leadership infrastructure role.

Required:

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school with active bar membership in good standing
• Minimum 5+ years of family law litigation experience (including trial experience)
• Extensive experience in family law practice with a proven track record of managing complex cases independently
• Strong courtroom and negotiation skills
• Strong legal judgment
• Exceptional communication skills
• Strong emotional intelligence
• Ability to manage multiple attorneys and priorities simultaneously
• Strong organizational and accountability skills
• Ability to provide clear feedback and mentorship

Preferred:

• Prior supervision or mentorship experience
• Experience leading litigation strategy
• Experience building legal systems or workflows
• Experience in improving realization and collections
• Leadership experience in a high-volume law firm environment

Values: C.H.A.N.G.E.

Courageousness: Life unfolds in proportion to your ability to face fears, stand up for what is right, and inspire change. Sometimes, someone else needs you to be courageous for them so they can find the strength in themselves.

Honesty: We don't just tell people what they want to hear. The truth isn’t always the easiest, but not telling it destroys trust.

Ambitiousness: We shoot for the stars and never settle for being just good enough. The goal for massive improvement is to try to be just 1% better every day.

Navigator: Our goal is to be like a lighthouse that continues to shine and guide others through the rough waters to safety.

Growth: We possess a never-ending drive to push ourselves and those around us to continuously improve personally, professionally, and emotionally.

Empowerment: When you change the way you think, you change your future. We cannot empower someone to do or be something; we can only give them the tools to empower themselves to reach their goals.