LEGAL ASSISTANT FOR LITIGATION FIRM
LEGAL ASSISTANT WITH COMPLEX COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
Solo, successful Attorney with offices in Boca Raton, Florida, has an immediate opening for a smart, sophisticated, legal assistant looking for a challenging and rewarding position in South Palm Beach County.
Responsibilities include
Prioritizing tasks, managing multiple projects, and effectively communicating in a courteous and professional manner with clients, attorneys, staff, the judiciary, and peers.
Prepare and draft legal documents such as briefs, motions, complaints, pleadings,subpoenas, affidavits, and summonses, and format documents as appropriate for each court.
Compile, proofread, legal documents.
Coordinate multi-document filings in Circuit, State, and Federal courts, including e-filing.
Scheduling,calendaring, transcribe, calendaring, time entry, and billing.
Creating trial notebooks, organizing exhibits, coordinating witness schedules, maintaining the trial calendar
Requirements
• Experience tracking firm, attorney, and client expenses and using application software to process reimbursement and payments.
• Schedule client appointments in coordination with the attorney.
• Managing electronic and paper case files.
• Handling incoming and outgoing mail and other correspondence.
• A strong attention to detail, professional, and positive attitude.
• Outstanding interpersonal and client service skills.
• Great organizational skills
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Understanding of legal language and principles, research methods, court pleadings and processes, and other related matters.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Full proficiency with advanced, multifunction word processing software including Microsoft
Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and PDF programs or related software.
• Comfortable with learning computer software
The firm offers Health Benefits as well as 401k and much more.
Kindly send your resume and salary expectations to SherryZ@TopLawJobs.com