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Job ID#: 32718
Downtown firm is looking to add a Jr Legal Assistant
The ideal candidate will have:
- Strong knowledge of state and federal court rules and filing procedures
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, respond promptly to emails, ask questions, solve problems, take initiative
- Experience drafting and finalizing pleadings, briefs and discovery
- Ability to prioritize tasks and have excellent time management ability
Duties
- Draft, format, and proofread legal documents, such as pleadings, motions, and contracts, with a high degree of accuracy
- E-filing in State and Federal Courts
- Handle communication with clients, courts, and opposing counsel in a professional and discreet manner
- Manage attorney calendars, including scheduling appointments, meetings, and court appearances
- Assist with the preparation of trial materials, document compilations, and legal research support as needed
- Perform general administrative duties such as transcribing dictation, copying, and filing
- Maintain strict confidentiality of all client and case information
- Schedule depositions with attorneys, clients, witnesses, and court reporters
- Schedule conference calls and on-sit/off-sit meetings
- Arrange and coordinate travel arrangements
- Calendar depositions, hearings, trials and all associated dates
- Manage Outlook calendar of all appointments, conferences and meetings
- Open new matters, run conflict checks for partner’s review, prepare engagement letters
- Document management or organization, saving documents and emails to document management system
- Familiarity with court rules, filing procedures, and e-filing
- Input attorneys time into billing software (Aderant)
- Prepare cover letters for attorney bills
- Submit attorneys expense reports
- Manage bills for third party vendors, process check requests and follow up with accounting
- Overflow/Relief duties for receptionist and copy center as needed
