National Firm has an opening for a Commercial Litigation Legal Assistant with 3+ years’ experience to support West Palm Beach office.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Must deliver daily outstanding service in greeting guests, responding to work requests, scheduling meetings, and conducting telephone conferences.
- Must be proactive when supporting the attorneys. and paralegals. May assist in other practice areas, as needed.
- Display strong attention to detail., sense of urgency and effectively prioritizes work.
- Maintains strict confidentiality of matters and information.
- Work with court employees, attorneys, and staff in a professional manner.
- Prepares and reviews letters and memoranda in accordance with Firm standards, using word processing and document management systems.
- Assists in managing client contacts, emails, and print documents as well as processing mail.
- Clearly communicates in a concise, professional manner.
- Transcribes dictation.
- Files documents with courts electronically.
- Draft documents and filings.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office programs is required.
- Trial preparation experience
- Proficiency with Kofax/Nuance, iManage, or those software programs’ counterparts strongly preferred.
- Knowledge of the litigation process and general court operations.
- Ability to communicate effectively
- Ability to reason and apply common sense understanding to resolve problems and carry out instructions furnished verbally or in writing.
- Ability to work under a high level of competency to perform the essential duties of the position.
- Ability to occasionally work more than 40 hours per week.
Education and Experience:
- 3+ years’ Litigation legal assisting experience in a law firm or other legal setting.
- Education beyond high school or coursework related to the legal industry preferred.
- Ability to read, understand and interpret complex documents such as pleadings and other documents related to a litigation matter.
Please contact Gio Rosa, Gio@TopLawJobs.com, for details