Legal Practice Assistant
Prestigious National Law Firm is seeking a Legal Assistant with transactional experience for their West Palm Beach office.
Legal Assistant Job Description
- Communicate effectively and professionally with clients, lawyers, and co-workers via email, by telephone, and in person; answer telephone, providing responses to routine questions from clients and staff members, and/or route calls to appropriate lawyer or staff member; arrange conference calls and greet clients.
- Format, type and proof complex legal documents using redlining applications
- Manage internal and client deadlines
- Prepare and edit correspondence, minutes of meetings and other legal documents from written, oral and dictated sources
- Schedule domestic and foreign travel through Firm travel system, including flights, hotels, and/or car rentals.
- Maintain and properly close and/or purge files; scan and file Firm and Client correspondence and legal documents into I-Manage
- Prepare new business records, engagement letters
- Input and edit attorney’s time and review pre-bills
- Answer telephone, distribute messages; set up conference calls; send and receive emails and faxes; resolve issues as needed; open, sort and distribute mail
- Reconcile expense reimbursements; process check and petty cash requests
Legal Assistant Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree
- Minimum of 4-5 years of experience supporting lawyers and paralegals with administrative or client-related tasks.
- Must have excellent proofreading, document formatting and redlining skills
- Must pay close attention to detail and be extremely organized
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- High degree of initiative and ability to plan, prioritize and manage multiple tasks
- Must be punctual and reliable
- Ability to work in a fast paced team environment
- Flexibility to work overtime
- Microsoft Office knowledge with Excel, Outlook and advance knowledge of Word functions
- Familiarity with using an electronic document management system, such as I-Manage
Similar Job Titles
- Paralegal Corporate
- Legal Secretary Corporate
- Legal Assistant Corporate
- Transactional Law
- Corporate Law
If you are interested in this outstanding opportunity or know anyone qualified, please contact Jaci Tarlowe with Legal Search Solutions at Jaci@TopLawJobs.com
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