**If you are interested in any of the opportunities listed below - or any other position in a law firm please contact Geri Moreland to discuss at geri@capitolrecruiters.com
Capitol Recruiters Inc. is a legal recruiting company based in Washington, DC. We represent law firms. These positions are openings with our clients.
Legal Technology Advisor – for top tier law firm. This hybrid role can be based out of Washington DC or NYC. This position is responsible for implementing technology solutions to enhance legal service delivery. This position functions as product designer, consultant, and project manager to identify deliver measurable improvements.
Duties: Identify opportunities to improve service delivery by process optimization, project management, and technology solutions. Lead initiatives from concept to implementation. Liaison between attorneys, practice groups, Legal Technology, IT, and other stakeholders. Support the adoption of generative AI tools. Analyze workflows/business needs; translate into solution designs. Assess existing enterprise tools and determine whether they can be enhanced or adapted. Collaborate with developers/subject matter experts to define technical vision.
Position Requirements: Bachelor’s degree preferred. Must have at least three years of related experience with increasing responsibility. Project management and client-facing consulting experience. Knowledge of legal workflows and legal technology. Prior success developing business-driven ideas to completion. Strong interpersonal, written and presentation skills. Ability to translate complex technical concepts for legal audiences. Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills. Experience with knowledge management or legal innovation initiatives. Familiarity with HighQ, Litera (Contract Companion/Create), Kira, Jigsaw, Exhibit Manager, OnCue, or similar platforms. Understanding of generative AI tools, including general-purpose platforms and legal-specific applications, with an interest in exploring their practical use in legal workflows. Experience with relational databases. Salary for this position is $120k - $160k
E-Learning Tech Specialist (Trainer) – this is a hybrid role in San Francisco, CA for a top tier global law firm. This role is responsible for the design/implementation of eLearning for lawyers/staff. This role oversees the strategy/design of e-learning programs, collaborating with IT leadership and teams translating needs into training offerings.
Duties: Research/implements e-learning methods and latest marketplace technologies to provide end-user training on technology topics. Work closely with IT leadership and teams to develop and deliver training across regional offices. Member of IT project teams for high visibility initiatives. Create implementation plans for e-learning programs. Collect information and course elements from IT SMEs and stakeholders to plan course content. Design learning materials and review educational content to incorporate current technology in developing specific eLearning curricula. Measure usage of learning offerings against pre-determined performance indicators to identify areas of improvement. Work with vendors of e-learning technology to adapt technology to firm needs. Assist in negotiating contracts with e-learning vendors regarding work requirements
Position Requirements: Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s degree preferred. Technical certifications preferred (adult education, multimedia training materials development). Must have at least five years of relevant experience in a large law firm or professional services firm or legal services provider firm. Experience working in a deadline oriented environment, with the ability to manage competing priorities. Experience with a Learning Management System as a developer or administrator. Experience with HTML and audio and video editing software. Experience with instructional design with a focus on adult learning theories. Knowledge of current and emerging e-learning technologies. Understanding of development tools used to build e-learning technologies Experience in training and developing content that meets compliance/accessibility requirements. Knowledgeable of applications and technologies common to a law firm. Salary range is $111k -- $138k+ commensurate with on experience.
Data & Analytics Portfolio Manager – this is a hybrid role in Washington DC for a global law firm. This position is responsible for managing the enterprise wide data strategy, governance, and analytics portfolio. This role oversees the centralization of data management and reporting functions. This role will align analytics initiatives with business objectives across all departments.
Duties: This role provides strategic leadership by defining/executing the enterprise data and analytics strategy and leads the development of a centralized data strategy. Champion data-driven culture and literacy. Establish data governance policies and best practices. Oversee data architecture and compliance. Ensure consistent data definitions, and metadata management. Lead a high-performing team of data engineers, analysts, BI developers, and governance professionals. Manage the analytics project portfolio. Manage vendor relationships, tools, and platforms. Drive automation and performance optimization of data pipelines and reporting. Implement DataOps and agile delivery practices. Monitor KPIs and SLAs for data services. Collaborate with business leaders to understand data needs. Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on data strategy and innovation.
Position Requirements: Bachelor’s degree. Technical certifications are preferred. A minimum of eight years of experience in data and analytics leadership roles required. Proven experience managing largescale data environments with over 40 SQL servers, more than 50 applications and integrations. Experience/knowledge of data governance, architecture, and BI tools. Proven leadership, and communication skills. Proven ability to effectively educate stakeholders in the need for data strategy. Experience building consolidated cloud data platforms. Experience implementing data strategy and technology in a large law firm. Experience implementing data strategies and supporting technology platforms. Strong service orientation. Ability to effectively communicate and interact with users with different levels of technical expertise. Excellent problem solving, design, coding, and debugging skills. Salary range is $136k – $204k depending on experience and location.
Business Applications Engineer – Remote. For top tier global law firm. This role is responsible for delivering gold-standard IT business applications and solutions to enhance business operations and provide distinguishing capabilities. This is a lead role in the full system lifecycle of business applications, including involvement in requirements gathering sessions, design, development, testing, deployment, support, and potentially retirement/replacement. The ideal candidate has strong technical acumen with a strong customer service orientation.
Duties: Supports the Manager to deliver the full lifecycle of business application solutions that support functional objectives, from strategic planning through operational support/maintenance. Participates in strategic planning for business applications portfolio of solutions/services. Leads translation of business requirements into system design plans, combining system specifications, application architecture, conversion issues, reports, and other functions. Develops code/configuration in accordance with technical designs and to standards set by the Manager and architect leads. Provides technical leadership on business application projects. Supports mission-critical systems and IT business applications. Troubleshoots problems. Evaluates software upgrades and patches. Coordinates with business users and other IT staff to conduct and coordinate the testing, and implementation of database and application upgrades.
Position Requirements: College degree preferred. Technical certifications preferred. Must have at least three years of relevant experience in a large law firm, or similar professional services firm. Proven experience with programming or scripting such as Visual Basic, C#, .NET, Windows Powershell, T-SQL. Experience with integration services and solutions such as SSIS, stored procedures, ETL technologies like Integration Builder. Experience maintaining/supporting commercial off the shelf applications, along with the integrations that enable data exchange among them. Experience managing operating systems/database management solutions such as Windows 2019 Server, SQL Server. Experience with design/architecture of critical business systems. Experience with application toolsets and protocols such as SSMS, RDP, PUTTY, SFTP, IIS. Familiarity with service desk systems such as ServiceNow. Salary range is $87k - $140k dependent experience and candidate location.
Client Agreements Advisor - REMOTE - for top tier global law firm. This position is in the Compliance department. **Prior experience working with outside counsel guidelines and fee agreements is required. This is a high visibility role that involves reviewing client agreements according to outside counsel guidelines. JD is a hard requirement.
This position is responsible for leading analysis of/response to client terms of engagement. This analytical role ensures that agreements to non-standard terms are consistent, mitigate risk, and to the extent possible reflect business interests of the firm. Candidate will advise and work with the Client Agreements Manager and senior attorneys to manage the review, response and implementation of non-standard terms.
Duties: Develop/maintain knowledge of business policies and practices, legal and ethical considerations, insurance requirements and guidance relating to firm agreements. Assess outside counsel guidelines and other non-standard terms to identify potential issues. Draft internal assessments and proposed approaches based on evaluation. Lead senior attorneys in discussions of issues, considerations, and proposed approaches. Prepare client-facing comments and responses to terms. Coordinate with senior attorneys regarding discussions and negotiations with clients. Respond to due diligence questionnaires. Manage outside counsel guidelines database and share key information with all necessary stakeholders. Conduct extensive research using firm databases, business research resources and discussion with internal subject-matter experts.
Position Requirements: JD required. Two or more years of law firm or equivalent experience in a legal setting. Must have experience in and enjoy reviewing/retaining/comprehending large volumes of information (contracts). Demonstrated ability to process, organize and assess complex information to determine logical conclusions and effective solutions. Demonstrated ability to clearly and concisely synthesize complex business and legal concepts verbally and in writing. Highly developed business research abilities. Strong interpersonal skills to establish close working relationships and simultaneously balance needs and views of different stakeholders. Understanding of the complexities of business and legal relationships in a global economic environment.Salary is $106 – 133k commensurate with experience, + generous benefits package.
Information Technology Service Desk Manager – for top tier global law firm client in Washington, DC. This role is responsible for management of IT Service Desk resources regarding resolution/request fulfillment firm wide in a 24/7 environment.
Duties: Managing the team Supervisor and Service Desk Analysts team ensuring the highest level of customer service. Scheduling the firm’s Service Desk resources as needed to maintain the timely handling of support issues in a 24/7 environment. Provide recommendations regarding Service Desk staffing levels. Identify metrics and collect data ensuring optimal Service Desk operations. Process leave requests and conduct annual reviews. Conduct incident trend analysis and make recommendations to the Director. Provide feedback to the Training Manager ensuring training programs meet the needs of the firm.
Position Requirements: Bachelor’s degree preferred. Must have at least six years of experience providing end-user support, ideally in a large law firm. At least three years supervisory experience in a Help Desk environment is required. Working knowledge and technical experience providing support for computer and mobile device Operating systems, Application Software, Computer Hardware, Remote Access and Network connectivity. Expert knowledge in Windows operating systems and Microsoft Office Suite and/or related software. Proven project management skills. Experience writing reports and procedure manuals. Salary range for this position is $136k to $185k commensurate with experience.