Hybrid Litigation Legal Administrative Assistant

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About the role

  • Litigation Legal Administrative Assistant performing secretarial duties for attorneys in a law office. Responsibilities include document preparation, filing, and client communication in a hybrid role.

Responsibilities

  • Performs a variety of secretarial duties for attorney(s) to whom assigned according to established policies and procedures
  • Maintains positive contact with clients, attorneys and staff and observes confidentiality of client matters
  • Handles filing: Federal, State, Appeals and E-Filings
  • Prepares correspondence, memoranda and other legal documents from written and oral drafts; drafts standard correspondence, and other documents
  • Prepares discovery and pleading shells and assists with document productions
  • Assists with trial preparation, including trial and exhibit binders
  • Finalizing letters, motions, pleadings and discovery forms
  • Opens new matters, requests conflicts of interest checks updates and maintain legal files
  • Ensures that calendar deadlines items get to docketing clerk in timely manner
  • Process expense reports, check requests, enter partner billable time and review client prebills
  • Arranges travel, coordinates meetings and conference calls across various offices and time zones
  • Performs overload typing, filing, photocopying, or reception relief as time permits and as requested by other attorneys, the HR Director or the Administrator
  • Receives clients and visitors, observes confidentiality of attorney-client relationship
  • Other duties as assigned

Requirements

  • Ability to read and write in order to proof and perform minor editing (e.g., punctuation, grammar, spelling) of routine law office correspondence and legal case matters
  • Must be familiar with Federal, local and E-Filing rules
  • Familiarity with File & Serve and CCC Macros a plus
  • Familiarity working in Labor & Employment a plus
  • Ability to transcribe legal documents, correspondence and reports from rough draft or dictation at a level of 70 wpm
  • Must be proactive with the ability to multi-task and organize a busy desk
  • Ability to proofread typed material for grammatical, typographical or spelling errors
  • Interpersonal skills necessary in order to communicate and follow instructions effectively from a diverse group of clients, attorneys and staff to provide information with ordinary courtesy and tact
  • Interpersonal skills necessary in order to communicate in person, by email and telephone to provide information with ordinary courtesy and tact
  • Work occasionally requires a high level of mental effort while producing a high volume of information performing other essential duties
  • Work occasionally requires more than 40 hours per week to perform the essential duties of the position; may require irregular hours.

Benefits

  • Additional compensation and benefits include overtime as applicable
  • health/welfare benefits
  • retirement plan
  • paid holidays
  • paid time off

Job title

Litigation Legal Administrative Assistant

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

$41 - $51 per hour

Degree requirement

High School Diploma

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