Legal Assistant

Fort Lauderdale, FL - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 7 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Legal Assistant

The candidate will be responsible for collaborating closely and provide legal support to attorneys paralegals and other support team members.

Responsibilities

Prepare and submit client/matter opening forms.

Process conflict checks and prepare engagement letters.

Create closing binders using Litera and save on PDF and paper if requested.

Type proofread format and edit correspondence memoranda agreements and other legal documents under time-sensitive deadlines.

Scan save and file documents from clients other external sources and internal sources into iManage.

Prepare expense reimbursements.

Interact with attorneys and staff to gather necessary information to assist in the file opening process.

Provide support to other support team members paralegals and attorneys.

Work on other tasks as assigned.

Tracking Files/matters from beginning to end.

Experience Skills

At least three years of experience as a legal assistant or junior paralegal in the areas of commercial real estate and corporate.

Working experience doing conflict checks and engagement letters preparing closing binders and organizing closing documents.

Knowledge of legal real estate terminology.

Working experience with Microsoft Office PDF Docs Adobe Pro Litera

Excellent Word Processing skills.

Excellent verbal and writing communication skills.

Proficiency in proofreading legal documents redlining documents saving different versions of documents into Imanage.

Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.

Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems.

Detail oriented.

Excellent organizational and follow up skills.

Required Experience:

Junior IC

Legal AssistantThe candidate will be responsible for collaborating closely and provide legal support to attorneys paralegals and other support team members.Responsibilities Prepare and submit client/matter opening forms. Process conflict checks and prepare engagement letters. Create closing binders ...