The Legal Administrator will serve as a key contributor within the Legal Operations Department by providing high-level administrative support to leadership and delivering business analyst functions to support legal operations strategy. This hybrid role combines executive-level administrative responsibilities with analytical and project-focused duties, working closely with internal teams, outside counsel, and cross-functional partners including IT.
Key Responsibilities:
- Administrative Support (Leadership and Departmental)
- Provide daily administrative support to legal department leadership, including calendar management, meeting coordination, travel arrangements, expense reporting, and document preparation.
- Manage department correspondence, maintain digital filing systems, and support invoice approvals and routing processes.
- Assist in preparation of department presentations, reports, and internal communications.
- Help coordinate department meetings, events, trainings, and project milestones.
Business Analyst & Legal Operations Support
- Collaborate with outside counsel and internal stakeholders to support legal spend management, including data tracking, analysis, and communication of spend trends.
- Partner with the Legal Operations team and IT to evaluate, enhance, and maintain legal technology platforms (e.g., eBilling, matter management, document management, contract lifecycle systems).
- Generate and maintain reports and dashboards to support legal operations metrics, key performance indicators, and leadership decision-making.
- Support system upgrades, user testing, and documentation related to legal tech tools.
Project & Process Management
- Lead or support cross-functional projects involving technology implementation, data analysis, or process optimization within the legal department.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement and automation, with a focus on efficiency, cost reduction, and service delivery.
- Contribute to projects leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies to improve legal workflows and decision-making. Assist with vendor evaluations and help facilitate legal department innovation initiatives.
Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Experience
5+ years of related experience. Specific knowledge, skills and abilities include:
Knowledge
- Strong understanding of administrative and office management practices, including calendar management, travel coordination, and expense processing.
- Familiarity with legal technology platforms such as matter management systems, eBilling, document management systems (e.g., iManage), and contract lifecycle management (CLM) systems
- Basic understanding of project management principles and methodologies.
Skills
- Excellent organizational and time management skills; ability to prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills for effective collaboration with internal stakeholders, outside counsel, and IT partners.
- High attention to detail, especially when preparing reports, reviewing invoices, or entering data into systems.
Dominion Energy
120 Tredegar St
Richmond
Virginia United States
www.DominionEnergy.com
