managing partner

Lead law executive

A managing partner is the partner in a business partnership who handles day-to-day operations and administrative decisions.

In law firms and other professional partnerships, the managing partner oversees staff, finances, and business strategy while other partners focus on client work: She was elected managing partner for a three-year term.

Opposites
organizational hierarchy

managing partnerjunior associate

Lowest-ranking lawyer at firm

junior partner · associate · intern · trainee · paralegal

role function

managing partnersilent partner

Investor uninvolved in operations

sleeping partner · limited partner · subordinate · figurehead · worker

ownership and control

managing partneremployee

Hired organizational member

hired hand · salaried worker · wage earner · contractor · freelancer

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
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