Legal Assistant

Job Description

Legal Assistants should have strong analytical, communication and organizational skills, as well as computer and technical knowledge.

How you will make an impact

- Quality check copies against originals and confirm copies

- Supervise matter management and record keeping

- Faxing, filing, and word processing

- Maintain electronic documents and files

- Assemble correspondence and memorandum

- Log computer database input and retrieval

- Group documents together in need of photocopying/scanning

- Assemble documents and arrange data as directed by lawyers and paralegals

- Stay proactive on legal research and investigative tasks, including obtaining information or documents from outside parties, as directed

- Sift through and retrieve electronic documents from a variety of court and agency web sites- Drafting legal court documents, such as pleadings, motions, affidavits and subpoenas; transactional documents, such as trusts, wills, contracts and real estate leases; and closing documents

- Draft Legal Documents experience preferred

- Draft Letters experience

- Adeptness in Microsoft Office Suites

- Court Filings experience

- Solid understanding of Civil Litigation

- Demonstrated knowledge of proofreading

- Experience with Collections

- Conducting routine discovery

- Organizing and tracking files for important transactions or case documents, including pleadings and voluminous discovery documents; creating and maintaining a case-management database

- 2+ years of previous legal work experience and a dedication to integrity

- Experience assisting lawyers in preparing for transactional closings, depositions, hearings, trials and conferences; completing many administrative tasks, including, working on individual cases or transactions

- Investigating the factual evidence of a transaction or case and preparing exhibits, charts and diagrams to display information

This is an excellent opportunity for you to take the next step in your legal career and become part of a dynamic, growing firm. We're calling all candidates who are eager to work in a strong team-oriented environment.

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