Legal Assistant

Current Job Opening: Legal Assistant

An overview of our firm

We have been around for nearly 125 years and have learned a few things. Like the importance of people—the people we work with and the people we work for. At Ryan Swanson, our success depends on our people. To keep our employees engaged, we provide challenging work, and we invest in personal and professional development. We reward and recognize their dedication and effort, because we know individual happiness contributes to the success of the firm.

We hire people who are skilled and share the same values. Integrity, quality work product, mutual respect and commitment to family and community. This makes our firm special.

Who are we looking for?

Ryan Swanson is currently seeking a Legal Assistant. Performs a variety of secretarial duties for attorney(s) and/or Paralegal(s) to whom assigned according to established policies and procedures. Performs a variety of secretarial and clerical duties, requiring a knowledge of legal terminology and the legal process. Maintains positive contact with clients, attorneys and staff and observes confidentiality of client matters.

People we'd like to talk to

We are looking for a team-player with a positive attitude, who has great energy and initiative.

The ideal candidate must have advanced litigation support skills, including in federal, state, and appellate courts. The position requires excellent organizational skills, excellent oral and written communication skills, proficiency in Microsoft software, the ability to work a high-volume desk, and the ability to prioritize workload and meet deadlines. Accuracy and attention to detail are of critical importance.

Duties include, but are not limited to, researching federal, state, appellate and local rules to properly e-file, manually file, and/or serve court documents, editing/proofreading, docketing, time entry, communicating with courts, clients, and attorneys, preparing correspondence, scheduling appointments, and maintaining calendars, making travel arrangements, opening new client/matters, opening, and distributing mail, and file organization.

Approximately four years legal assistant job experience necessary to gain an understanding of law office policies and procedures and produce accurate legal documents with minimal supervision. Excellent verbal and written communication with superior grammatical skills.

Interpersonal skills necessary to communicate in person, by email and telephone to provide information with ordinary courtesy and tact.

Here's what we offer

Our employees enjoy challenging, diverse assignments and the opportunity to work in a variety of practice areas.

During non-pandemic times, we are big on providing events that include food, drinks, and entertainment. Our kitchens are stocked with snacks and beverages for everyone. Fresh fruit is delivered every Monday as healthy snacks for employees. We have monthly birthday and anniversary celebrations during which we recognize employees for excellent performance. To keep up the “fun,” our “Motivation & Morale Team” helps keep Ryan Swanson as a great place to work through creating a fun, energetic atmosphere around the firm among attorneys and staff. During the pandemic we have enjoyed themed photo contests, Zoom happy hours, and check-ins with the Managing Director to keep everyone up to date on what is going on in the firm.

We have an exceptionally competitive benefits and compensation package, together with annual salary increases and generous bonuses. We provide transportation passes to all employees and reimburse parking for our essential employees working on-site. We engage in various environmentally friendly initiatives and provide state of the art technology and tools. Ryan Swanson pays the full premiums for excellent health, dental, and vision plans with extremely low deductibles. We offer skills training on-site during work hours, payment of membership dues to join professional organizations, opportunities to join committees internally to foster involvement outside of a specific role, which include Charitable Giving and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committees.

We continue working on allowing our employees to grow and develop. We believe in balancing our employees' work and personal lives and offer flexible schedules and remote work. All employees enjoy fully paid 3-month sabbaticals after 12 years and again every eight. Above all we value transparency and honest communication with our employees through an open-door environment in which employees feel comfortable about walking into an executive's office to voice opinions, discuss ideas, changes, or frustrations.

Let’s connect

Please send cover letter and resume to the Director of Human Resources.

Ryan, Swanson & Cleveland, PLLC is an equal opportunity employer, offering employment without regard to race, gender, age, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, disability, military or veteran status, or any other legally protected status.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $75,000.00 - $85,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:
All employees are required to be vaccinated.

Education:

• Associate (Preferred)

Experience:

• Microsoft Office: 5 years (Required)

Work Location: One location