Legal Practice Assistant
About the job
- At least 5 years of experience supporting partners, senior fee earners, or C-suite executives, ideally in law or professional services.
- Fluency in written and spoken English.
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office, Aderant or similar practice management software, Power BI or similar data analytics dashboards, Claude, Copilot or similar AI tools, and Asana or similar project management tools.
- Experience with a practice management, billing, time-capture, or document management system, or evidence of quickly learning a comparable system.
- Manage complex, multi-time-zone diaries by scheduling and protecting time and resolving scheduling conflicts.
- Triage inboxes, surface important items, draft initial responses, and follow up on outstanding matters.
- Prepare meeting packs, briefing notes, and agendas, and track follow-up actions.
- Coordinate travel end to end, including in-flight changes and subsequent reconciliation.
- Prepare, circulate, and track engagement letters through signature and return.
- Write client and prospect correspondence to a professional standard appropriate to the firm's clients.
- Maintain accurate contact records and CRM entries.
- Format and version documents, compare versions, prepare execution copies to firm standards, and file documents so they can be readily located.
- Prompt and follow up on time capture, and flag billable items, disbursements, and expenses to Finance for processing; the role does not process them.
- Route wider-function requests through the Legal Operations intake channel and work to the team's published response standards.
- Use AI tools and identify faster ways of working.
- Experience supporting partners, senior fee earners, or C-suite executives in law or professional services is ideally preferred.
About the company
Sterlington is a world-class virtual law firm that provides sophisticated transactional and litigation services. Its lawyers and staff are spread across the US, Europe, and Asia, enabling global coverage without a traditional office footprint. The firm serves a diverse client base, including private equity funds, multi-billion-dollar family offices, venture capital funds and their portfolio companies, public and private companies, investment banks, hedge funds, high net worth individuals, CEOs, and biotech/startup clients. The virtual model has helped Sterlington grow rapidly since the pandemic, underscoring its ability to deliver cross-border legal work efficiently. The company's goal is to offer high-quality, globally distributed legal support through a remote, flexible platform that meets the needs of sophisticated clients and complex transactions while maintaining strong client relationships.
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
2015
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Sterlington advised Janus Henderson, Clearwater, Avanos, and Aligned on 2026 take-privates.
- Kevin Collins' September 2026 hire strengthens wildfire and mass-tort capabilities after his $80 million settlement.
- Family-office, executive-comp, and matrimonial expansions target wealthy founders, CEOs, and ultra-high-net-worth clients.
What critics are saying
- Deal-reliant revenue concentrates on management-side private equity transactions if sponsors pause hiring.
- Partner-heavy growth raises integration and cultural risk across dispersed US, Europe, and Asia offices.
- A single rainmaker loss, especially Harrison or Goldstein, would damage client origination quickly.
What makes Sterlington unique
- Christopher S. Harrison leads Chambers-ranked management-side M&A from New York.
- Sterlington combines litigation, executive compensation, tax, and private wealth under one virtual platform.
- Recent partner hires from Quinn Emanuel, Kirkland, and Kasowitz deepen specialized bench.
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Company News
Sterlington PLLC has added Kevin Collins as a partner in its litigation practice. Collins joins the firm after serving as lead counsel in securing an $80 million settlement for a public entity in a major California wildfire case. Previously a partner at Buchalter, Collins led the firm's Wildfire Litigation Team. He recently represented Placer County Water Agency in connection with damages from the 2022 Mosquito Fire, securing the $80 million settlement with Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Collins' practice covers complex civil litigation, including trade secret misappropriation, antitrust, class actions, and mass torts. He also handled Solano County landowners in the $510 million antitrust suit against California Forever developers and defended a global LCD manufacturer in one of the largest antitrust multidistrict litigations in US history.
Sterlington PLLC has hired Christopher Hurld as a partner in its litigation practice. Hurld joins from EverQuote, a publicly traded online insurance marketplace, where he served as general counsel and chief compliance officer. He previously worked as counsel at Jones Day. Hurld specialises in plaintiff-side litigation involving AI, cybersecurity, and data privacy. He has experience advising companies on data security incidents and compliance with regulations including CCPA, GDPR, HIPAA, GLBA, and PCI-DSS. Before EverQuote, Hurld spent over a decade at AmLaw 100 firms and served as assistant attorney general in Massachusetts. He earned his law degree from Georgetown University Law Centre.
Sterlington has launched a matrimonial and family law practice with the arrival of partner Kelly A. Frawley and counsel Joseph Hyland from Kasowitz. The new practice will focus on divorce, asset distribution, custody, and prenuptial agreements, particularly for high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients. Frawley, who leads the practice, previously chaired Kasowitz's matrimonial and family law practice. She regularly handles matters involving hedge fund and private equity interests. Hyland specialises in complex financial issues in matrimonial matters, including asset valuation and prenuptial agreement enforcement. The practice extends Sterlington's existing work with founders, senior executives, and ultra-high-net-worth individuals. Managing partner Christopher S. Harrison described the launch as a natural extension of the firm's services during a period of exceptional growth.
Sterlington PLLC has appointed Dr Odysseas G. Repousis as a partner in its litigation and arbitration practices. Repousis joins from Quinn Emanuel, where he was a senior lawyer handling international disputes across multiple sectors. Repousis specialises in commercial disputes involving shareholders, institutional investors, governments and multinational companies. His practice covers shareholder disputes, complex financial matters and cross-border claims spanning telecommunications, energy, infrastructure, financial services and technology sectors. He has secured favourable outcomes in high-stakes litigation and arbitration across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Repousis holds a PhD in arbitration and investment law, with advanced degrees from Harvard Law School and the University of Hong Kong. He is admitted to practice in New York and England and Wales.
Sterlington has expanded its Private Wealth practice in Philadelphia with three additions: associate Roberta Bombaci and estate and fiduciary accountants Sheryl Roth and Robert M. Maxwell. The hires strengthen the firm's multidisciplinary team advising ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families and family offices. Bombaci joins from Troutman Pepper Locke, bringing expertise in estate and gift tax planning, trusts and estates, and family business succession. Roth and Maxwell join from Morgan Lewis, with Roth offering over 40 years of experience in fiduciary accounting and estate taxation, whilst Maxwell brings experience in estate settlement and post-mortem planning. Maxwell is also an adjunct professor at Villanova University School of Law. The expansion reflects Sterlington's strategy of combining legal and accounting expertise to deliver coordinated solutions for complex estate and succession planning.