What are the responsibilities and job description for the Legal Administrative Assistant position at Offit Kurman?
Offit Kurman, a growing full-service law firm, is seeking a Legal Administrative Assistant to join its Bethesda, MD office. Candidates must possess 5 years prior experience supporting immigration matters and have a strong ability to quickly learn new tasks and procedures.
Responsibilities include, but not limited to:
- Organize and maintain filing and retrieval systems.
- Manage calendars, organize and schedule external and internal meetings, teleconferences, networking events, etc.
- Open, maintain, and close client files.
- File documents with various courts.
- Correspond with clients, foreign nationals and government officials via phone, email, and in-person, as needed.
- Assist clients and attorneys with gathering information needed for various applications.
- Edit and finalize a variety of legal documents.
- Complete and track expense reports, credit card reconciliations, and reimbursements.
- Organize attorney travel arrangements.
Qualifications:
- 5 years of transactional and/or immigration experience supporting attorneys with a variety of employment-based petitions, PERM labor certifications, visa applications, and applications for adjustment of status.
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Proactive work style and analytical skills: able to read, review, verify and route correspondence, reports and legal documents.
- Excellent client service skills with proven record of building effective relationships with both internal and external clients.
- Outstanding administrative, organizational, and writing skills. Ability to organize and prioritize numerous tasks and complete them under time constraints.
- Experience in immigration-based document management systems such as Docketwise, LawLogix EDGE or other databases is preferred.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office 2017 (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint), Internet research skills, document management systems, attorney time entry software.
Offit Kurman is one of the fastest-growing, full-service law firms in the United States. Offit Kurman offers a collegial and professional work environment, as well as competitive salary and benefits, to include Paid Time Off and 401(k) matching. We are a proud EEO employer and we are committed to a diverse workforce.