What are the responsibilities and job description for the Practice Manager - Minneapolis, MN position at Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.?
Who We Are
Fredrikson & Byron is the premier Midwest-based law firm working collaboratively to help businesses achieve their goals regionally, nationally, and globally.
Overview
We are seeking a Practice Manager to join our legal operations team. Reporting to the Director of Attorney Development & Practice Management, the Practice Manager will serve as a strategic operating partner for the Litigation Division and its departments.
This role advances business, financial, operational, and strategic priorities by translating priorities into practical plans, driving projects, surfacing trends, and coordinating support across firm administrative teams.
Key Responsibilities Include
Business, Administrative, Financial and Operational Support
Our ideal candidate will exercise excellent judgment and discretion, move work forward amid competing priorities and limited direction, read stakeholder needs, ask well-framed questions, and build positive relationships with attorneys, administrative leaders, and cross-functional teams. Candidates should have strong analytical, project management, prioritization, organizational, financial, relationship-building, and follow-through skills, with the initiative to assist beyond core duties as needed.
Candidates should have 5 years of relevant experience in law firm operations, practice support, professional services project management, financial analysis, pricing, legal operations, or a comparable strategic operations role. Bachelor’s degree required; MBA, JD, or other advanced degree preferred. Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams, is required. Experience with Smartsheet, Microsoft Planner, Microsoft Lists, or comparable project management tools is preferred.
Benefits
Our comprehensive benefits options include medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, short- and long-term disability, employee resource benefits (inclusive of counseling, coaching, and caregiving guidance), paid parental leave, parenting classes, pre-tax parking and transportation options, and much more! Our retirement plan includes financial planning, Social Security/Medicare planning, 401k/Roth investment options, and a firm-paid profit-sharing contribution. Benefits are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms and conditions.
The estimated starting salary range for this position is $125,000 to $135,000 per year. The compensation offered will be dependent on the candidate’s experience, skills, education, professional background, and overall qualifications.
Applying For This Position
Applications will only be accepted online at www.fredlaw.com/careers, and applicants will be asked to submit a cover letter, resume and salary requirements. For assistance with the application process, or for accommodations, please contact recruiting@fredlaw.com.
Our firm offers highly competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits in a collaborative work environment with the opportunity to work in a hybrid environment.
About Fredrikson
Diversity and inclusion are core values of Fredrikson & Byron. To best serve our clients, we provide innovative solutions to legal needs by cultivating a diverse workforce. We offer highly competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits in a collaborative work environment. With a reputation as the firm “where law and business meet,” our attorneys and staff bring business acumen and entrepreneurial thinking to operate as business advisors, strategic partners, and legal counselors to our clients. The firm’s 375 attorneys serve clients through our ten locations around the world: Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and Mankato, MN; Bismarck and Fargo, ND; Ames and Des Moines, IA; Madison, WI; Saltillo, Mexico; and Shanghai, China. Visit www.fredlaw.com for more information.
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.
We are not accepting search firm submissions for this position; please apply directly through our careers page.
Fredrikson & Byron is the premier Midwest-based law firm working collaboratively to help businesses achieve their goals regionally, nationally, and globally.
Overview
We are seeking a Practice Manager to join our legal operations team. Reporting to the Director of Attorney Development & Practice Management, the Practice Manager will serve as a strategic operating partner for the Litigation Division and its departments.
This role advances business, financial, operational, and strategic priorities by translating priorities into practical plans, driving projects, surfacing trends, and coordinating support across firm administrative teams.
Key Responsibilities Include
Business, Administrative, Financial and Operational Support
- Serve as a strategic resource to Division and Department Chairs by identifying priorities, framing issues, developing options, and advancing projects with sound judgment.
- Support operational effectiveness, profitability, service delivery innovation, matter management, pricing discipline, and efficient use of firm resources.
- Coordinate Division and Department Chair requests with the appropriate administrative or operational teams and ensure clear, successful handoffs.
- Partner with Finance and Pricing on budgets, dashboards, reports, production trends, value propositions, pricing strategy, matter management, and related financial considerations.
- Support division and department strategic planning at the direction of the Division and Department Chairs.
- Turn strategic priorities into project plans with clear objectives, owners, timelines, dependencies, decision points, and progress measures; report progress, risks, barriers, and next steps.
- Manage division- and department-level projects supporting business plans, financial performance, matter management, technology, templates, workflows, training, and operational improvement.
- Identify practice needs and pain points that may be addressed through legal project management, process improvement, knowledge management, technology, or better workflows.
- Manage or support division initiatives involving AI-enabled tools, practice technology, matter management tools, templates, checklists, precedent resources, and adoption efforts.
- Support data strategy by tracking matter profile, practice content, and experience data in coordination with MBD, RKM, and department leadership.
- Monitor legal technology developments and assist with evaluation, implementation, training, rollout, adoption, and best practices with IT and RKM.
Our ideal candidate will exercise excellent judgment and discretion, move work forward amid competing priorities and limited direction, read stakeholder needs, ask well-framed questions, and build positive relationships with attorneys, administrative leaders, and cross-functional teams. Candidates should have strong analytical, project management, prioritization, organizational, financial, relationship-building, and follow-through skills, with the initiative to assist beyond core duties as needed.
Candidates should have 5 years of relevant experience in law firm operations, practice support, professional services project management, financial analysis, pricing, legal operations, or a comparable strategic operations role. Bachelor’s degree required; MBA, JD, or other advanced degree preferred. Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams, is required. Experience with Smartsheet, Microsoft Planner, Microsoft Lists, or comparable project management tools is preferred.
Benefits
Our comprehensive benefits options include medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, short- and long-term disability, employee resource benefits (inclusive of counseling, coaching, and caregiving guidance), paid parental leave, parenting classes, pre-tax parking and transportation options, and much more! Our retirement plan includes financial planning, Social Security/Medicare planning, 401k/Roth investment options, and a firm-paid profit-sharing contribution. Benefits are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms and conditions.
The estimated starting salary range for this position is $125,000 to $135,000 per year. The compensation offered will be dependent on the candidate’s experience, skills, education, professional background, and overall qualifications.
Applying For This Position
Applications will only be accepted online at www.fredlaw.com/careers, and applicants will be asked to submit a cover letter, resume and salary requirements. For assistance with the application process, or for accommodations, please contact recruiting@fredlaw.com.
Our firm offers highly competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits in a collaborative work environment with the opportunity to work in a hybrid environment.
About Fredrikson
Diversity and inclusion are core values of Fredrikson & Byron. To best serve our clients, we provide innovative solutions to legal needs by cultivating a diverse workforce. We offer highly competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits in a collaborative work environment. With a reputation as the firm “where law and business meet,” our attorneys and staff bring business acumen and entrepreneurial thinking to operate as business advisors, strategic partners, and legal counselors to our clients. The firm’s 375 attorneys serve clients through our ten locations around the world: Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and Mankato, MN; Bismarck and Fargo, ND; Ames and Des Moines, IA; Madison, WI; Saltillo, Mexico; and Shanghai, China. Visit www.fredlaw.com for more information.
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.
We are not accepting search firm submissions for this position; please apply directly through our careers page.
Salary : $125,000 - $135,000