Legal Practice Assistant

Legal Practice Assistant

Miles & Stockbridge has positioned itself as an AmLaw 200 firm that is global in scope and in reach. Miles & Stockbridge maintains a reputation for a dynamic and approachable work environment that allows talented lawyers and staff from diverse backgrounds to thrive and grow. As part of our ongoing commitment to affect positive change, Miles & Stockbridge focuses on partnerships that benefit the community, reflect the causes our colleagues support, and allow us to collaborate with clients and neighbors to deepen relationships.

If you are looking for an employer that embraces a diverse workforce and provides ongoing professional development, consider Miles & Stockbridge! We are seeking an experienced Legal Practice Assistant (LPA) in our Baltimore, MD office to support our 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.

Miles & Stockbridge 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 - $90,800. The pay range provided is in compliance with state, city, or local employment laws and applies to this location only. Actual pay for this position will be determined based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, knowledge, skills, abilities, experience, current market data, and business needs.

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to remain in a stationary position or sit for prolonged periods and repeat motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers. The employee is occasionally required to stand and stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee is frequently required to perform light work that includes lifting and moving objects up to 10 pounds.

Miles & Stockbridge is not currently accepting resumes or assistance from search firms for this position.

Disclaimer and Acknowledgement:

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.

A review of this position has excluded the marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of fundamental job duties. All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbent(s) will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements will exclude individuals who may pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties in this job description at any time for any reason.

Miles & Stockbridge is an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to cultivating an inclusive environment that embraces and promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion as core values of our firm.

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