What are the responsibilities and job description for the Paralegal / Legal Assistant position at White & Allen?
Job Description
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White & Allen, PA currently has an opening for a full-time litigation paralegal or experienced legal assistant in our Kinston location. We are seeking a proactive, detail-oriented individual who regularly demonstrates initiative and resourcefulness, and works efficiently to meet deadlines.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Maintain files for multiple counties and multiple practices areas
- Manage the attorney and firm calendars to ensure all deadlines are docketed and met in a timely fashion
- Review files and confer with attorney to discuss the status of the file as well as upcoming deadlines
- Communicate with clients and potential clients on a consistent basis
- Locate / research opposing parties for service or other matters
- Coordinate scheduling of depositions, mediations / arbitrations
- Draft / file / serve pleadings, forms, discovery requests/responses, and other legal documents for submission to District, Superior, Appellate, and Administrative Courts or bodies
- Prepare exhibits/exhibit notebooks for trials and hearings
- Legal research
- Maintain knowledge of the Federal, State, Appellate, and Local Rules of Civil Procedure
- Prepare / mail correspondence to court officials/staff, other attorneys, mediators, arbitrators, sheriff deputies, court reporters, and clients
Salary is commensurate with qualifications. Hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 5:15 p.m.
White & Allen, P.A., is an established eastern North Carolina law firm with offices in Kinston, New Bern, Greenville, Snow Hill and Morehead City.
Company Description
White & Allen, P.A., is an established eastern North Carolina law firm with offices in Kinston, New Bern, Greenville, Snow Hill and Morehead City.
Location/Region: Kinston, NC
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