Legal Assistant

Description

Our firm is growing fast, and our attorneys need someone who takes care of critical admin duties to keep the business moving! This important position involves administrative duties related to file organization and direct attorney support.

Your beliefs and values should align with ours. Skills and experience are important and valued, but your personality, character, intelligence, and integrity are also extremely important considerations. Our core belief system is founded on the Golden Rule and the Serenity Prayer. Duties are important, but we strongly believe in a culture that encourages personal responsibility, ownership of your role, accountability to one another, personal development, and becoming the best versions of ourselves that we can be.

The position includes the following benefits: health insurance (employee portion 100% paid by the Firm), vision Insurance, dental Insurance, group life insurance, and short & long-term disability insurance.

APPLICANTS WHO DO NOT FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED: Prepare a cover letter with two paragraphs and a single closing sentence. Explain in the first paragraph the three most important qualities that you believe must be possessed by a legal assistant working with people experiencing family law issues. Tell me in the second paragraph why you applied to this ad. As a closing sentence, write, "I have read the instructions contained in the job posting and have followed the instructions." Also, list 5 professional references who are familiar with your quality of work.

Responsibilities

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Qualifications

• Previous legal office experience is advantageous but not required.
• Exceptional organizational, communication, time management, and computer skills.
• Ability to work independently, switch gears quickly, follow directions, learn and remain coachable, ask for help, generate creative solutions, and travel locally.
• Understand the importance of a strong work ethic, completing tasks on time, proofreading before turning work in, and that reliability is critical.
• Convey confidence on the phone (with a smile), show empathy to clients, and put them at ease.
• Treat a call at 4:30 on Friday with the same care and compassion as one on Monday morning.