Litigation Legal Assistant

Job Description

Job Title: Legal Assistant – Litigation

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Location: Miami, FL

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Salary: $75k – $88k + Bonus

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Growing Law Firm seeks a Legal Assistant to join their Team!

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Responsibilities:

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• Experience working in a mid- to large-sized firm and collaborating with various departments across the firm to handle multiple responsibilities, including case openings, conflict checks, billing, records, and more.
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• Must have strong knowledge of Federal and State court rules of procedure, including understanding the requirements to calculate deadlines.
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• Schedule hearings and appointments in coordination with the attorneys.
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• Effective oral and written communication skills are essential for drafting and proofreading correspondence, pleadings, and other legal documents.
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• Experience tracking firm, attorney, and client expenses and using application software to process reimbursements and payments.
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• Knowledge and ability to participate in client billing, including assisting attorneys in entering narratives, tracking billable tasks, making edits, and delivering bills to clients in both electronic and paper formats.
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• Managing electronic and paper case files.
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• Handle incoming and outgoing mail and other correspondence—answer, screen, direct, and place telephone calls and emails.
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Qualifications:

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• Must have at least five years of law firm experience as a defense litigation legal assistant with Federal and State court experience.
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• Experience in working with multiple attorneys is required.
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• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including extensive knowledge of Outlook, Word, Excel, and experience working with law firm case management and billing software required.
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• Knowledge of iManage, SmartTime, and Aderant
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