Legal Support Specialist
Legal Support Specialist
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Job Description
Greenberg Traurig (GT) a global law firm with locations across the world in 15 countries has an exciting employment opportunity for you. We offer competitive compensation and an excellent benefits package along with the opportunity to work within an innovative and collaborative environment.
Join our team as a Legal Support Specialist located in our Houston office.
Position Summary
This position provides highlevel legal support to a team of attorneys. Provides a wide range of complex technical document processing and administrative services in the assigned practice group/department(s). The candidate should be flexible to work overtime as needed.
This role will be based in our Houston office on an inoffice basis. Regular inoffice presence is required for daytoday operations as well as for team meetings training opportunities and relationship building.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinates creation of legal documents as well as the editing proofreading and processing of legal documents upon request of assigned attorneys including correspondence memoranda closing documents pleadings or other practice specific documents
- Maintains legal files (both paper & electronic) organizes and files documents in designated order
- Updates case information scans and organizes legal files
- Manages document deliveries and tracks final executed documentation
- Assists with overflow work and other projects as needed
- Attends team strategy meetings
- Collaborates and works with Administrative Support Coordinators Paralegals and other legal support team members where applicable
- Understands firm available resources and leverages most effective resource for desired results
- Receives and evaluates telephone calls for supported attorneys fielding calls and conveying messages as necessary. Communicates with clients opposing counsel courts and liaisons
- Other special projects as needed
Qualifications
Skills & Competencies
- Skilled in handling administrative tasks such as attorney time entry travel arrangements and processing invoices and expenses
- Strong attention to detail organizational skills and ability to manage time effectively
- Excellent interpersonal skills communication skills and the ability to collaborate well in a team
Education & Prior Experience
- Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience ispreferred
- Requires 5years of experience within a law firm or other professional organization
- Knowledge oflaws legal codes court procedures or agency rulesof assigned practice group/dept. ( and Federal court filing including efilings)
- Experience with efiling in Texas
Technology
- Computer proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite applications including Word PowerPoint Excel and Outlook as well as document management and other office technologies
GT is an EEO employer with an inclusive workplace committed to meritbased consideration and review without regard to an individuals race sex or other protected characteristics and to the principles of nondiscrimination on any protected basis.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
