Legal Assistant

Legal Assistant Corporate Transactional Law West Palm Beach Prestigious firm is seeking an experienced Legal Assistant for the West Palm Beach office. Essential Functions Creates, edits, spell checks, and proofreads work products following the Firm’s established document processing methods and procedures to ensure accuracy and completeness. Schedules and maintains attorneys’ calendars. Handles monthly client billing (paper and electronic billing). Review billing prebills for accuracy and completeness. Performs client, matter, and narrative edits. Prepares attorneys’ expense reports; prepares payment of vendor invoices or checks to be drawn and charged to appropriate client/matter numbers. Opens new matters and generates client conflict checks. Sets up and maintains attorneys’ work paper and electronic files, including daily and regular filing. Indexes and prepares files for off‑site storage. Prints and organizes various documents received in multiple formats, including emails and attachments. Answers the telephone and accurately takes and relays messages, as requested. Arranges for video conferencing including Zoom and Teams. Actively seeks to maximize productivity and promote teamwork. Assumes responsibility for maintaining the highest level of confidentiality of all Firm and client information, records, and files, both within and outside of the Firm. Other duties and projects assigned. Required Skills/Abilities Respond to client requests under attorney’s direction in a professional manner. Identify and respond to client issues/problems in a timely manner and seek feedback/follow‑up as appropriate. Ability to work both independently and effectively with coworkers in a collaborative environment. Demonstrates dedication to producing quality work product. Attention to detail when completing work assignments. Organizes and prioritizes workload appropriately. Cooperates and demonstrates flexibility when facing change. Education and Experience 3+ years of law firm experience required. Billing experience, including electronic billing, is preferred. Flexible and able to deal well with changing assignments and priorities. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications. Strong typing skills, excellent grammar, spelling, punctuation, and communication skills. Attention to detail and good organizational and analytical skills. Flexibility for overtime, as needed. Physical Demands Ability to perform the essential functions of the role with or without reasonable accommodation. Prolonged periods of sitting and working on a computer. Occasional standing, walking and movement within an office environment. May occasionally lift or move items up to ten pounds. Interested candidates, please send your resume in Word format to View email address on click.appcast.io today! #J-18808-Ljbffr