Litigation Legal Assistant

The Litigation Legal Assistant for this position will have excellent communication organizational and people skills. The Litigation Legal Assistant will be a self-motivator someone who works well with little supervision.

The Litigation Legal Assistant is responsible for the specific duties listed below.

Your specific duties will include:

• Provide day-to-day administrative and legal support to assigned litigation attorneys and paralegals.
• Manage attorney calendars meetings deadlines hearings depositions and other litigation-related events.
• Prepare format proofread and revise correspondence pleadings motions discovery documents notices and other legal documents.
• Assist with preparing and filing documents with state and federal courts including electronic filing.
• Maintain accurate and well-organized electronic and paper case files.
• Monitor litigation calendars and ensure deadlines and follow-up dates are properly entered and communicated.
• Assist with discovery coordination including organizing documents correspondence requests responses and production materials.
• Coordinate depositions hearings mediations conferences and other litigation events.
• Communicate professionally with clients opposing counsel courts vendors experts and other outside parties.
• Assist attorneys with preparation for hearings depositions mediations trials and other proceedings.
• Manage incoming and outgoing correspondence and ensure timely distribution to attorneys and appropriate parties.
• Enter and maintain attorney timekeeping and expense information as needed.
• Assist with client intake engagement letters conflict information and other matter-opening procedures.
• Conduct basic case and docket research as requested.
• Track case status important dates and outstanding items to help keep matters moving forward.
• Handle confidential and sensitive information with a high degree of professionalism and discretion.
• Perform additional administrative and legal-support duties as needed.

Required qualifications for the position include:

To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• A high school diploma or equivalent is required.
• 1-2 years of legal assistant experience preferably supporting attorneys in civil commercial business real estate insurance defense or other litigation practices.
• Strong understanding of litigation terminology procedures court filings pleadings discovery and litigation deadlines.
• Experience with electronic court filing systems and document management.
• Exceptional computer processing skills including a high-level proficiency with Microsoft Word Excel and Adobe Acrobat.

Pay Rate Range : $26.00 - $33.00 per hour