Legal Practice Assistant, need real estate experience, top firm!

Job Description

Job Description

Our client is an AmLaw 200 and they are seeking an experienced Legal Practice Assistant (LPA) in their Baltimore, MD office to support their Real Estate and Transactional Finance Practice Group. This role involves supporting real estate development, commercial and real estate finance as well as providing general administrative support to attorneys. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is detail oriented, likes to organize, and thrives in a process-oriented work environment.

Legal Practice Assistant Responsibilities:

• Prepare, compare, edit, format, and distribute legal documents in MS Office and other software programs.
• Handle administrative tasks including document preparation, electronic filing, scanning, and preparing mailings and other packages.
• Perform administrative tasks including opening new matters, initiating conflicts checks, entering attorney time, submitting invoices for payment, and working with our Finance Department to process client billing.
• Answer telephones and greet attorney guests.

Legal Practice Assistant Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a law firm, real estate & transactional finance experience required.
• Advance knowledge of MS Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Strong proofreading and editing skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines, work independently and as part of a team.
• Experience opening client matters.
• Experience entering attorney time in LMS or similar time entry system preferred.
• Experience coordinating meetings Zoom
• Experience using a document management system, NetDocs a plus.
• Strong communication both verbally and in writing with clients and colleagues.

The firm offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including PTO, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401K, Firm sponsored Memberships (i.e. Peloton, Norton LifeLock), and more.

The pay range for this position is $75,500 - $90,000. 

Bonnie Jones Associates, L.L.C. is your source for finding and filling permanent financial, accounting, administrative, legal, executive assistant, accounting and HR positions. Our professional staff matches the right candidate with the right employer and we take a lot of pride in that responsibility. Bonnie Jones Associates, L.L.C. has over eighty years of combined recruiting experience.

Our commitment to you is that we will work very hard to find you the right match. Our hope is that you will be very happy that you have chosen to work with us and that you feel we have done a good job for you. Please browse our web site, and contact us so that we can make a happy match for you!

Company Description

Bonnie Jones Associates, L.L.C. is your source for finding and filling permanent financial, accounting, administrative, legal, executive assistant, accounting and HR positions. Our professional staff matches the right candidate with the right employer and we take a lot of pride in that responsibility. Bonnie Jones Associates, L.L.C. has over eighty years of combined recruiting experience. \r\n\r\nOur commitment to you is that we will work very hard to find you the right match. Our hope is that you will be very happy that you have chosen to work with us and that you feel we have done a good job for you. Please browse our web site, and contact us so that we can make a happy match for you!