Legal Administrative Specialist - Litigation

Legal Administrative Specialist (LAS)

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, one of the world's leading global law firms with offices in strategic hubs of commerce, law, and government across North America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, is seeking a Legal Administrative Specialist (LAS) to support the Litigation Practice Group. This position will be responsible for providing a broad range of administrative, secretarial and document processing support with guidance in an environment where superior client service is emphasized and practiced. Maintaining an in-office presence is important to delivering our services through an integrated and collaborative work culture. Firm policy requires this role to work in the office three days per week as scheduled by their manager unless client demands, or another accommodation approved by their practice group, require them to be elsewhere.

Primary Functions and Responsibilities

• Regularly utilizes Task Delegation and Workflow Management software (BigHand) to receive, enter and update assignments; timely communicates with supervisor(s) through BigHand and/or directly the status of task completion and new developments that may impact the assignment and proactively seeks additional information or guidance when needed.
• Assists with word processing; edits and proofreads correspondence, memorandums, reports, and other general communications.
• Answers phones and takes messages, assists with time entry, schedules appointments and coordinates meetings; arranges audio and video conferences; reserves conference rooms and arranges set-ups.
• Maintains attorney calendar and advises attorney of appointments, updates attorney address book and InterAction entries.
• Performs redlining, prepare individual signature packets of closing documents, compile Exhibits and Schedules to documents, compile executed signatures of final documents.
• Processes new business intake, related forms, and correspondence.
• Processes expense reports and invoices; arranges check requests; monitors through completion.
• Arranges travel and prepares itineraries; maintains attorney travel and desk profiles.
• Coordinates or assists with printing, scanning, copying of documents and/or sending of same.
• Provides legal research, case support and project assistance.
• Other administrative duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

• At least seven (7) years of administrative support experience required.
• Bachelor's degree a plus.
• Previous law firm experience required.
• Experience with supporting a Litigation practice, including State and Federal Court rules and filing procedures.
• Overall performance rating is Consistently Meets Expectations or above.
• Demonstrates excellence in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point and Portable document Format (PDF) software.
• Flexibility to work overtime required.