Legal Assistant
Legal Assistant
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Job Description
Successful law firm seeks a fulltime Legal Assistant for our Brentwood TN location. Candidate must possess excellent organizational skills and have comprehensive experience with the legal profession. This position requires a highly motivated organized professional capable of functioning in a fastpaced challenging legal environment.
The Legal Assistant enhances attorneys effectiveness in handling cases communication with clients and obtaining needed evidence for available defenses; monitoring case development and deadlines; and supporting attorneys trial and deposition settings. This position will support attorneys with the preparation of documents for workers comp defense and general liability cases.
Essential Job Functions:
- Keep cases organized by establishing and organizing files; monitoring calendars; meeting deadlines; documenting actions; inputting information into file database and case management software.
- Communicate effectively with clients adjusters attorneys court personnel judges etc.
- Perform clerical duties such as saving emails answering phones invoicing composing correspondence processing mail scanning documents etc.
- Organize medical records and schedule medical appointments including IME appointments.
- Schedule and maintain electronic docketing of deadlines depositions hearings etc.
- Make sure electronic and physical filing for every attorney is completed and up to date.
- Prepare status emails and correspondence.
- Assist with pleadings and limited discovery.
- Ensure tasks are completed timely and properly documented.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications :
Education Skills and Qualifications:
- High school diploma or GED (or equivalent) required associate or bachelors degree preferred.
- Experience supporting attorneys in a legal office setting required.
- Experience supporting attorneys in a workers compensation firm preferred.
- Experience with electronic filing for workers compensation and general liability preferred.
- Working knowledge of court rules and procedures.
- Microsoft Outlook and Word experience required; Excel PowerPoint and Teams experience preferred.
- Proficiency with case management software preferably PerfectLaw.
- Outstanding organizational interpersonal and administrative skills.
- Firm and Client Confidentiality required.
Additional Information :
Benefits include: Medical Dental Vision Critical Illness Accident Group Term life Voluntary term life STD LTD 401(k)/Roth retirement plan with company match and paid time off.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
