COO / Personal Injury Lawyer in Surrey
COO / Personal Injury Lawyer

COO / Personal Injury Lawyer in Surrey

Surrey Full-Time No home office possible
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Job Title: COO / Personal Injury Lawyer

Location: Surrey

Salary: £80,000 – £120,000 + Bonus

PQE: 5 Years’ +

Ambitious, growing law firm based in Surrey are looking for a personal injury lawyer, ideally with a background in claimant personal injury law, to take on a senior management role. You will be working very closely with the CEO to assist in their plan to modernise and develop the firm into a top boutique practice.

This role is ideal for a qualified lawyer with circa 5+ years’ PQE in personal injury law, who is suited to the management of legal environments and is comfortable with managing a team of highly motivated individuals. You must excel in the development and management of general legal operations and be confident working with the overall goal of growing the firm with organic investment.

Operational Responsibilities

  • Advise the owner on legal and governance matters affecting the business.
  • Lead legal strategy, risk management and compliance mechanics through communication with the owner and COLP.
  • Lead trial performance by attendance at court and managing counsel.
  • Supporting fee earners in reaching their goals through guidance, management and training.
  • Day to day management of all staff
  • Practice Responsibilities

  • Review and manage tasks which a solicitor would be expected to undertake within the firm.
  • Manage risk associated with prospects of success on the firm’s caseload.
  • Manage risk associated with limitation on the firm’s caseload.
  • Manage disbursement risk on the firm’s caseload.
  • Review the cases where liability has been denied, pre-issue, to establish if the firm will support the matters to court.
  • Manage the paralegals in their endeavours insofar as dealing with the following: Submission of Claims Notification Forms/Letter of Claim Reviewing the denial of liability Application of medical records
  • This is a fantastic opportunity for a lawyer who is looking to move away from fee earning and into a senior management role. You will be working side by side with the CEO with the overall aim of growing the firm.

    McKinlay Law endeavour to contact all successful candidates within 24 hours. However, due to the volume of applications that we receive, we are not able to respond to every candidate individually. If you have not heard from us within 24 hours your application has been unsuccessful and we have not retained your details.

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    McKinlay Law Recruiting Team

    COO / Personal Injury Lawyer in Surrey
    McKinlay Law
    Location: Surrey

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