Senior Manager - Legal Department

Why Us?

With a mantra of Empowering Human Potential, Hanger, Inc. is the world's premier provider of orthotic and prosthetic (O&P) services and products, offering the most advanced O&P solutions, clinically differentiated programs and unsurpassed customer service. Hanger's Patient Care segment is the largest owner and operator of O&P patient care clinics nationwide. Through its Products & Services segment, Hanger distributes branded and private label O&P devices, products and components, and provides rehabilitative solutions to the broader market. With 160 years of clinical excellence and innovation, Hanger's vision is to lead the orthotic and prosthetic markets by providing superior patient care, outcomes, services and value. Collectively, Hanger employees touch thousands of lives each day, helping people achieve new levels of mobility and freedom.

Could This Be For You?

The Senior Manager - Legal Department supports the General Counsel and supervises litigation paralegals and administrative personnel within the Legal Department. The Senior Manager plays a key role in designing and implementing processes, systems, and best practices to improve the day-to-day efficiency and effectiveness of the legal team, facilitating change, and control costs.

 

This role will manage day-to-day legal operations, with lead responsibility for litigation-related matters, including but not limited to, patient record requests, and outside legal counsel invoices.

Your Impact

Management of Legal Department Employees:

• Oversee litigation paralegals and administrative personnel, including assigning and prioritizing work, managing caseloads and workflow, and providing guidance on conflict resolution.
• Ensures project and department deadlines, milestones, and goals are achieved.
• Exercises full authority for day-to-day personnel actions and performance evaluations; makes recommendations regarding hiring, termination, compensation, and promotions.

 

Litigation Management:

• Manage litigation matters, including day-to-day developments in pending litigation, and maintain appropriate communications with law firms and others retained to defend the Company and its employees.
• Review and scope document production requests; identify required resources and confer with lead attorney on most efficient approach to comply within all parameters and deadlines given.
• Oversee and assist with the creation and maintenance of case and other legal databases; collect and/or identify data for input into legal databases.
• Assist attorneys in interviewing and preparing witnesses for depositions.
• Partner with Accounting, IT, and other professionals to support litigation activities, including providing and updating recommended reserves for pending litigation matters, coordinating legal holds and tracking preservation responses, and managing document requests.

 

Coordination of Legal Services:

• Serve as primary point of contact for internal business units, departments, and functions regarding litigation and regular, recurring legal services and support.
• Work with the General Counsel to coordinate the provision of legal services and support, especially to the extent they are not assigned to internal or outside attorneys.

Minimum Qualifications

Required

• Paralegal certification or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.
• Must have, or be eligible to obtain, a valid driver’s license and driving record within the standards outlined within Hanger’s Motor Vehicle Safety Policy and Procedures. 

 

Preferred

• Bachelor’s degree

Additional Success Factors

• Exhibit sound and accurate judgment; support and explain reasoning for decisions. Must understand business implications of decisions.
• Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to think independently and take corrective action.
• Excellent customer service skills with the ability to engage others and establish rapport.
• Excellent organizational skills with ability to work independently, handle multiple priorities, meet demanding deadlines, adjust to sudden changes in workflow, and maintain high quality standards.
• Ability to maintain all job-related information in a confidential and private manner
• Able to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions and percentages.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) and Legal Tracker (formerly Serengeti).
• Attendance, punctuality and overall dependability; consistently at work and on time, and available to provide required services.
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