Legal Assistant

Job Description

Legal Assistant/Paralegal

Professional Staffing Group Flowood, MS, USA

Full-Time

401K, Dental, Life, Medical, Vision

M-F 8-5

Essential functions are primarily job duties that incumbents must be able to perform unassisted or with some reasonable accommodation made by the employer.

Operates a computer and other general office equipment, digital and transcription equipment.

Prepares correspondence, memoranda, and other legal documents.

Receives telephone calls and records messages as directed.

Handles incoming mail as directed by attorneys. Prepares outgoing mail or packages for shipment. If necessary, routes mail to specific delivery service and follows up on timely delivery.

Establishes and maintains electronic calendar and deadline reminder system for attorneys.

Monitor attorney's incoming e-mails.

Maintain client contacts and mailing lists.

Opens new files, requests conflict of interest checks, and maintains all client and general files. Conducts periodic review for possible storage of older files; prepares files to be closed.

Receives clients and visitors; maintains good public relations with clients; observes confidentiality of attorney-client relationship.

Schedules appointments, multi-party conference calls, conference rooms, and travel arrangements for attorneys.

Proofs, processes and prepares client bills for mailing.

Assists with time entry as requested.

Review file materials for immediate needs, deadlines, extensions and paralegal tasks

Interview witnesses/insureds re: facts of case and summarize same (at attorney direction)

Prepare initial draft of written discovery for attorney review

Prepare initial discovery responses and coordinate document production

Follow-up on outstanding discovery responses

Request medical records, personnel files, Freedom of Information documents, project files

Review document production for additional needs and possible summary

Assist in preparation for depositions, mediations and trial

Assist with preparation of settlement documents at attorney’s request

Responds politely to internal staff, clients, vendors, etc.

Works as a member of a team

Accepts change in a productive mannerCompany Description

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