Business Litigation/Family Law Legal Assistant

Responsibilities:

• Transcribes legal briefs, correspondence, letters, and confidential memorandum
• Types a variety of legal documents from rough and oral drafts
• Court E-Filings
• Answers telephone calls, transfers calls to the appropriate staff and take messages in their absences
• Prepares, maintains and confirms daily work calendars and schedule meetings and appointments
• Assists with travel arrangements, internal correspondence, reimbursements for attorneys, paralegals
• Reads, sorts and ensures incoming mail is timely delivered; ensures outgoing mail is processed
• Processes bills; proofs billing sheets; reviews and edits bills
• Maintain attorneys’ legal confidential and administrative files

Requirements

• 3+ years of legal assistance experience in a law firm
• Comprehensive knowledge of modern legal office practices and procedures 
• Considerable knowledge of legal documents preparation, legal terminology and court procedures
• Comprehensive knowledge of MS Word, MS Outlook, Excel, redline comparisons, BigHand (digital dictation)