Legal Assistant

Job Description

JOB SUMMARY

Legal Assistant who can seamlessly come in and work well in a team environment. Must be proactive and possess strong organizational and communication skills, both verbal and written. Accuracy and attention to detail are essential. Must be able to prioritize and effectively manage multiple projects and work in a fast-paced environment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Attention to detail and organization is essential

• Heavy calendaring, docketing and eFiling

• Must be proactive and manage their attorney’s docket effectively

• Follow-up with attorney on deadlines

• Ensures strict confidentiality at all times

• Collect case information and prepare client engagement documentation

• Manage the collection and maintenance of statistical data for internal reporting and analysis

• Prepare initial drafts of litigation documents for attorney review including discovery requests and responses and case opening and closing filings

• Legal research, writing, analysis, and cite checking

• Collaborate with firm’s billing department on client billing

• Assists with special projects as needed

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS (EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS)

• A college degree is preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience

• Possess cooperative spirit; participate and collaborate in a team-based environment

• Demonstrate proficiency with MS Office (Outlook, Excel and Word)

• Litigation related experience preferred

• Ability to multi-task and prioritize

• Ability to organize workflow and use time efficiently

• Ability to show strong attention to detail

• Ability to perform in an ever-changing work environment and successfully adapt to changing priorities and work demands

• Ability to anticipate work needs and follow through with minimum direction, follow up on own initiative

• Ability to be resourceful

• Ability to handle and manage stress