Legal Assistant

Requirements:

• Minimum 3 years’ experience.
• Knowledge of legal terminology and of court system, including rules for filings and corresponding with the courts.
• Be a proactive employee that would like to become part of a team.
• Proficient knowledge of MS Outlook, Word, Excel, and Adobe Acrobat.
• Should possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to organize and prioritize tasks given on a daily basis.
• Strong organizational and records management skills.
• Ability to multi-task and work well under time constraints.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited, to the following:

• Perform secretarial support, including composing legal documents, correspondence, and other items of a confidential and complex nature.
• Proofread materials for contextual, grammatical, typographical, or spelling errors.
• Case management experience, including docketing, scheduling depositions, monitoring deadlines, ordering records, drafting documents (i.e., motions/orders, discovery, and/or pleadings), and client communication.
• Familiar with electronic filing in county courts, district courts, and Federal courts.
• Experience in summarizing medical, billing, and employment records are a plus.
• Responsible for working with attorneys in the preparation, filing, and serving documents in various matters.
• Monitor various legal matters and keep information up-to-date.
• Requires critical thinking skills and the ability to do legal research.
• Attorney time entry on a daily basis.
• Prepare attorney notebooks for hearings, depositions, and trials.
• Schedule appointments and perform other tasks related to maintaining attorneys’ calendars; schedules and coordinates meetings and conferences, including travel, lodging, and transportation arrangements.
• Handle incoming correspondence, as well as outgoing correspondence, including mails, emails, faxes, and hand deliveries.
• Answers incoming telephone calls and deliver accurate and timely messages.

Salary based on experience.

Hours: 8:30 - 5:30 pm

Location: 77098

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $45,000.00 - $65,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person