Legal Assistant Senior
Legal Assistant Senior
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Job Description
We are hiring a Legal Assistant Senior for one of our clients in Trenton NJ.
Job Description:
Provides secretarial /paralegal assistance to agency executives in legal environments who have complex program or operational responsibilities.
- Provides secretarial /paralegal assistance to agency executives in legal environments who have complex program or operational responsibilities.
- Performs research management and case investigative work.
- Drafts affidavits pleadings briefs and interrogatories.
- Prepares exhibit books. Reads and summarizes depositions for trail use.
- Responds to plaintiff s discovery requests.
- Interviews witnesses and defendants to prepare for trail.
- Uses word processing system to key proofread and edit letters memoranda briefs pleadings expense travel and miscellaneous forms from handwritten drafts dictation and t typed drafts.
- Takes and transcribes legal dictation.
- Types routine correspondence.
- Answers telephone take messages direct calls receive clients and distribute deliveries.
- Performs other assigned duties such as mail creating case files and filing completing and maintaining forms and making travel arrangements.
- Considerable knowledge of the State and/or federal court systems of legal case management and litigation support techniques.
- Considerable knowledge of legal terminology office / administrative management ability with a variety of clerical / administrative duties.
- Ability to use word processing software / systems. Paralegal training or experience.
Skills required:
- Transcribes or types legal dictation with accuracy and attention to detail
- Prepares standard legal forms in compliance with established requirements
- Reviews and proofreads legal briefs pleadings transcriptions and citations for accuracy and clarity
- Verifies the accuracy and completeness of citations and references
- Drafts and formats correspondence and other written materials
- Maintains confidential case files follow-up records and other essential legal documentation
- Learns and applies various electronic manual and computerized information systems used by the agency office or related units
- Prepares and formats legal documents in accordance with established standards and guidelines
- Scans and organizes documents for electronic and physical filing
- Schedules appointments and coordinates meeting logistics
- Manages and maintains calendars to ensure accurate scheduling and timely reminders
Experience required:
- Prepare legal documents.
- Format legal documents.
- Scan documents.
- Schedule appointments.
- Manage calendars.
Work hours:
- 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Lunch hour(unpaid): 1 hr
Additional Information:
- Dress Code: Business Casual
- Parking: yes
About Us:
We are specialized in recruiting and deliver the best professional talent of industry and we are committed to deliver best experience for our clients and job seekers. With over two decades of experience in the recruitment industry we proudly help you to find the next job that matches your professional skills. Our team understands your needs or requirement before starting the recruitment that enables to find the high quality of talent with high success rate of talent delivery keeps us continue to be the best in the industry. By responding to this job posting you are consenting to receive text/SMS messages from us. Thank you.
Employment Type
Full-time
