Legal Assistant

Our San Francisco-based office is seeking a seasoned legal assistant with experience and interest in both administrative office and litigation support. The ideal candidate will have experience filing in California and federal courts and supporting a small office with various administrative duties.

Why Consider Us

We are a fast-growing national law firm devoted exclusively to helping clients solve problems involving the nations most complex and high-profile projects in transit rail real estate land use infrastructure project financing airports renewable energy environmental conservation and tribal law. The Firms work is often highly visible to the public. The work we do is rewarding and we are tremendously proud of the superior services our team is able to provide to our clients. Our Firm strongly values our colleagues as well as our clients. We believe that when you enjoy working with a great team and know that your contributions make a difference your professional life can and should be enjoyable and rewarding. We are proud to be recognized for both the quality of our work and a strong spirit of collaboration across all of the members of our team.

In this role you will:

• Perform Legal Assistant Duties: Conflicts checks and opening new matters; reviewing documents and correspondence; drafting and proofreading pleadings; preparing motion and discovery shells; preparing exhibits for filing; downloading and saving court filings; scheduling and preparing hearings conferences and mediations; preparing finalizing and submitting court filings including tribunals; client communication; calendaring docketing and file management (electronic and paper); entering attorney time; reviewing attorney prebills; tracking client budgets; booking travel; submitting expenses and reimbursements.
• Perform Office Support Duties: Ordering and stocking office and kitchen supplies; photocopying/scanning documents offsite file storage maintenance; reception duties; mail/delivery processing; general office and office equipment upkeep; point of contact for building maintenance requests.

You will excel in this role by:

• By being a team player with the following qualifications:
• Experience in a law firm supporting multiple attorneys ideally experienced in complex litigation and appellate cases.
• Advanced knowledge of California and Federal filing. Appellate Procedure and US Appellate Courts filing experience would be considered a plus.
• Experience with Tribal courts and administrative tribunals is considered a plus.
• Possess experience with legal software such as PACER CM/ECF/E-Filing Sharefile TrueFiling Law ToolBox etc.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite and E-discovery platforms such as RelativityOne Nextpoint Lexbe or similar platforms
• Adept at proofreading and editing documents and client bills.
• Proactive highly organized and skilled at document management
• Proactive attitude excellent judgment and ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
• Ability to prioritize projects and work under pressure with various deadlines.
• Track record of excellent attendance and reliability.

Position Details:

This is a Full-Time 40 hours a week position located Downtown San Francisco with some flexibility to work remote as business needs allow. The pay range is $80000 - $100000 per year actual pay will be determined based on skills and experience. Medical dental vision STD LTD group term life insurance 401(k) paid time off sick time parental leave and transit allowance are also offered.

The Firm is actively committed to fostering the principles of diversity inclusion and equal employment opportunity. We do not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of age race color religion creed national origin ancestry gender gender identity gender expression sex sexual orientation sexual identity disability marital status military status or any other status protected by federal state or local law.

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