Legal Assistant - Estate Planning

Job Description

Job Description

Legal Assistant

Modrall Sperling, a leading New Mexico law firm, has an excellent opportunity for an experienced legal assistant in our Estate Planning practice group. In this role, you will provide a broad range of legal assistant services to two or more attorneys in our Albuquerque office.

Key Responsibilities

· Provide administrative support to attorneys

· Handle communications with clients and others

· Organize transactional materials

· Draft and file legal documents

· Manage attorney calendars

· Assist with client billing

· Maintain client contacts

Basic Requirements

· 2 or more years' experience as a legal secretary, legal assistant, or paralegal in an estate planning/transactions practice group.

· Strong Word, PDF, Outlook, and calendaring skills

· Excellent communication and client service skills

· Editing and proofreading skills

· Strong organizational and document assembly skills

· Candidates with experience in Estate Planning experience strongly encouraged to apply.

This position requires a legal assistant who is self-motivated, detail-oriented, and able to multi-task and work under pressure.

\nCompany Description

Modrall Sperling is the counsel of choice for complex business, litigation and natural resources challenges anywhere in New Mexico. In many specialty areas of practice, we are retained to work on issues throughout the Southwest and across the nation. We currently have attorneys licensed in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Michigan, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Texas, and the Navajo Nation.

To solve their key challenges, clients rely on the wide range of practice areas represented by our legal teams. We offer depth of experience involving education, employment, railroads, real estate, commercial transactions, mining, oil and gas development companies, Native American and public lands, energy and utilities companies, healthcare providers, and Native American law, among other areas.

We also have a deep understanding of our clients’ businesses, including the regulatory and competitive environments in which they operate.

Clients hire Modrall Sperling for our experience. They keep us for our counsel.

Company Description

Modrall Sperling is the counsel of choice for complex business, litigation and natural resources challenges anywhere in New Mexico. In many specialty areas of practice, we are retained to work on issues throughout the Southwest and across the nation. We currently have attorneys licensed in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Michigan, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Texas, and the Navajo Nation.\r\n\r\nTo solve their key challenges, clients rely on the wide range of practice areas represented by our legal teams. We offer depth of experience involving education, employment, railroads, real estate, commercial transactions, mining, oil and gas development companies, Native American and public lands, energy and utilities companies, healthcare providers, and Native American law, among other areas.\r\n\r\nWe also have a deep understanding of our clients’ businesses, including the regulatory and competitive environments in which they operate.\r\n\r\nClients hire Modrall Sperling for our experience. They keep us for our counsel.