Legal Administrative Assistant

Full-service law firm is seeking a Legal Administrative Assistant to join their Bethesda, MD office.

Responsibilities include:

• File Openings: drafting initial engagement letters, following up with New File for approval, emailing to client and returning executed documents to New File.

• Complete and track expense reports, credit card reconciliations, and reimbursements.

• Calendar maintenance.

• File maintenance, both paper and electronic.

• Filing documents with various courts.

• Organize and maintain filing and retrieval systems.

• Prepare and draft a variety of legal documents.

Qualifications:

• 5 years supporting litigation. Knowledge of litigation documents, e-filing, court rules and procedures.

• Familiar with MD and DC Court Systems and E-filing.

• Proactive work style and analytical skills: able to read, review, verify and route correspondence, reports and legal documents.

• Strong production skills with ability to produce accurate work product when transcribing tapes, formatting documents, inputting data, editing, copying, scanning and transmitting text, data and graphics.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

• Excellent client service skills with proven record of building effective relationships with both internal and external clients.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint), Internet research skills, document management systems, attorney time entry software.