Legal Project Manager

Why Seyfarth:

At Seyfarth, we understand that great people are the key to our success, and we provide the opportunities to match. If you join us, you’ll work with state-of-the-art technology in a friendly and professional environment, and we will continue to invest in your professional development. If you want the freedom to grow at a firm that is invested in your future, keep reading.

The Opportunity:

As a Legal Project Manager (LPM), you will play a key role in delivering an exceptional client experience by supporting both client-facing engagements and internal initiatives that strengthen service quality, efficiency, and value. You will partner closely with attorneys, business professionals, and client stakeholders to plan, execute, and optimize legal work. As an LPM, you will ensure that matters are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with client priorities while fostering transparency, communication, and continuous improvement.

The Day-To-Day:

On any given day, you will be working with firm leadership, partners, and business colleagues on a variety of requests and projects related to the delivery of legal services for complex, high profile client engagements. You will:

• Serve as a client‑focused project leader, partnering with legal teams to design and deliver high‑quality, cost‑effective solutions aligned with client goals and expectations.
• Act as a primary point of coordination for clients, ensuring regular communication, proactive status updates, and responsive issue resolution.
• Leverage project management tools, methodologies, and best practices to guide matters from initiation through completion.
• Plan, coordinate, and oversee the design and implementation of custom process or technology solutions for client-facing initiatives.
• Monitor project progress, manage timelines, track budgets, and ensure project risks are identified, communicated, and addressed.
• Prepare scoping documents, matter budgets, pricing assumptions, and forecasts in collaboration with attorneys and business partners.
• Build trusted working relationships with clients, internal stakeholders, and cross-functional teams across practice groups and industries.
• Develop and deliver data-driven insights through strong analytical skills and advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Participate in SeyfarthLean initiatives such as process mapping, data collection and analysis, workflow improvement, and integration of knowledge management or technology tools.
• Occasionally travel to client sites or other firm offices to support engagements, workshops, or relationship-building activities.

You Have:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.
• 3-5 years of legal project management or comparable formal project management experience.
• PMP certification (or ability to obtain within the first year of employment).
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Familiarity of Lean/Six Sigma and/or other process improvement principles.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with demonstrated ability to interact confidently with clients, attorneys, and senior leadership.
• Ability to anticipate client needs, manage expectations, and resolve issues with professionalism and diplomacy.
• Experience leveraging Generative AI technologies to analyze information, draft content, streamline workflows, and support data-driven decision-making.

What We Provide:

Seyfarth provides competitive salary and benefits at all levels, and our culture embraces the entrepreneurial spirit of its professionals like no other firm. Our professional staff are a collaborative team, helping to define the unique client experience offered by the firm. We understand that it takes more than attorneys to build a successful legal practice; everyone participates in our commitment to excellence.

More About Seyfarth:

With approximately 1,000 lawyers across 17 offices, Seyfarth Shaw LLP provides advisory, litigation, and transactional legal services to clients worldwide. Learn more about The Seyfarth Experience at

Seyfarth Shaw is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, change of sex or transgender status, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.

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Location Specific Language:

The salary range for this role is $100,000 to $128,000 annually, which is based on a 40-hour work week. This range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in Chicago. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s pay within the salary range will be based on numerous factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, experience, skills, and business or organizational needs. This job is also eligible for an annual merit increase and bonus pay.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401(k).

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