Legal Assistant - Now Hiring

Legal Assistants directly support lawyers and occasionally oversee other legal staff, such as file clerks or legal secretaries.Legal Assistants should have strong analytical, communication and organizational skills, as well as computer and technical knowledge.Three to five years of legal experience in a law firm or other corporate legal department may be preferred.

Responsibilities

- Set up correspondence and memorandum

- Find and retrieve electronic documents from a variety of court and agency web sites

- Govern over legal research and investigative tasks, including obtaining information or documents from outside parties, as directed

- Confirm copied documents are accurate to the originals

- Log documents and assemble data as directed by lawyers and paralegals

- Maintain computer database input and retrieval

- Maintain matter management and record keeping

- Keep up with word processing, filing and faxing

- Organize documents for photo copier and scanner

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

- 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

- Conducting routine discovery

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

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

- Employment Litigation experience desired

- Experience with e-file

- Proofreading experience preferred

- Litigation Legal Secretary experience

- Proficiency in labor law

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

At this dynamic, growing firm, you can take the next step in your legal career! People who are eager to work in a strong team-oriented environment are our ideal candidates.

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