Legal Assistant

Job Description

Job Description

Brigit Barnes & Associates, Inc., is small, collegial, but busy legal office, located in Loomis with easy freeway access at Penryn Road. Our firm’s focus is complex real estate, land use and estate planning matters with a mix of litigation and transactional aspects. This position requires a minimum of AA degree and five + years of experience as a legal assistant/secretary in civil litigation that may include personal injury cases, real estate/land use or business litigation. Experience in Estate Planning and Trust litigation a plus.

Candidate Must have computer skills to meet standards of accuracy and speed set by this office. Spelling, grammar and punctuation must be exceptional. The candidate will have a team spirit attitude, be able to meet and communicate with people pleasantly and represent the law office in an efficient, professional manner. Must be a team player.

This is not a remote position. THIS POSITION REQUIRES EXPERIENCE WORKING IN A LAW OFFICE FOR A MINIMUM OF 5 YEARS.

Responsibilities

• Perform daily administrative and clerical duties
• Process emails daily, noting items requiring calendaring
• Answer phone calls when required
• Initiate and draft routine correspondence and documents for approval
• Schedule appointments and events and maintain electronic calendar using Clio and Calendar Rules
• Receive and greet clients
• Assist with new client onboarding
• Create and maintain files, keep records, and prepare reports as requested
• Performs other duties as required

Qualifications

• Familiar with California Courts, Secretary of State, and County Recorder filing/recording procedures and requirements; some Federal Court Rules and Procedures a plus
• Proficiency with Judicial Council forms for both Civil and Probate proceedings.
• Proficiency with estate planning and trust administration documents
• Proficiency with Civil Discovery Rules and Documents, including scheduling depositions.
• Proficiency with preparation of Motion documents and Discovery documents including efiling and scheduling court hearings and remote appearances
• Proficiency with Real Estate Documents: Deeds, PCOR, Title Reports
• Familiarity with Land Use/CEQA a plus
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
• Exceptional attention to spelling, grammar, and punctuation
• Highly organized and detailed-oriented
• Experience working with document management systems
• Experience working with document comparison software, PDF software (FoxIt Pro/Adobe Pro), and scanning/OCR software

This is a full-time position at 37.5 hours per week with competitive pay and benefits. The pay range for this position is $32.00 - 38.00 per hour based upon experience. Highly organized, detail-oriented and dependable candidates should send their resume to View email address on ziprecruiter.com