Manager, Litigation Legal Directories & Rankings

Responsibilities

• Elevate the Litigation Department’s directories and rankings strategy to help build brand recognition to contribute to the Department’s overall growth strategy
• Manage the Litigation CDE team’s deadlines, submission drafts, reference outreach, researcher interviews, and results tracking across relevant practices
• Serve as the primary connective layer between the Litigation CDE team and the submissions process — ensuring that matter flow, client relationships and market narratives captured day-to-day are translated into compelling annual submissions
• Collaborate with STB partners, practice group leaders and Litigation CDE team members to develop matter narratives, surface the right client references, and position the Department’s work in a favorable way for directories
• Manage the researcher interview process for Litigation Department submissions from prep through debrief — supporting prep calls, attending where appropriate, and documenting outcomes to inform future cycles
• Build and maintain a centralized litigation matter and best practices database that functions as a year-round strategic asset, not a deadline scramble — integrated with CDE’s broader corpus, CRM infrastructure, and matter database.
• Track and benchmark the Litigation Department’s (and competitors) rankings using Chambers’ BI tool; brief CDE Litigation team and relevant partners on results and trends
• Advise and train CDE Litigation colleagues and partners on how directories and relevant rankings submissions work, what drives movement, and how STB’s work compares to our peers in key practice areas
• Coordinate with STB’s communications function on results announcements and internal visibility of ranking outcomes
• Work with stakeholders in other departments and in other offices as needed

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree

Preferred

• Major in Advertising, Marketing, Communications, Public relations, Pre-law, or related field preferred
• 5-8 years of legal marketing, BD, or directory submission experience strongly preferred
• An in-depth familiarity with Chambers, Legal 500, Benchmark Litigation, IFLR, GCR, GIR methodologies — including how submissions are evaluated and what moves rankings
• Exceptional writer capable of turning complex matters into clear, differentiated narratives under deadline pressure
• Good judgment, critical thinking, and the ability to problem solve
• Strong project manager who can run an annual calendar for the Litigation Department
• Familiarity with litigation, investigations, and regulatory disputes matters
• Advanced proficiency in internet research and equivalent resources