Job Description
Job Description
Mass Tort and Med Mal Legal Assistant
Ged Lawyers LLP, located in Boca Raton FL is seeking a Legal Assistant to join their growing team specializing in mass tort, product liability, dangerous drugs and defective medical products. This is a full-time on-site role at the Boca Raton FL location.
The Legal Assistant will be responsible for legal document preparation, document review, maintaining pleadings, motions, and other case filings (state and federal) as well as assist the attorneys in trial preparation, client communications, and other related work. Ideal candidates must be motivated, detail oriented and experienced in the legal industry.
Duties and Responsibilities Include:
- Assist attorneys and support staff with managing cases.
- File and serve pleadings and discovery in state and federal court cases.
- Correspond with clients, courts, and other counsel via telephone, email, letter.
- Manage court filing correspondence for cases and handle the saving and calendaring of the corresponding filed documents.
- Schedule attorney court appearances, depositions, mediation, counsel meetings, and telephone conferences.
- Organize and maintain electronic case files within the company case management system.
- Responsible for gathering client documents and organizing electronic and physical files.
- Provide administrative assistance to attorneys, including managing calendars and deadlines.
- Maintain case expenses, invoices, billing, and time worked on client and general files.
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- Must have a minimum of 5 years’ experience as a legal assistant (required), Associate Degree (preferred)
- Must have extensive experience filing in both Federal and State courts
- Must perform well in a high-level, fast-paced environment with minimal supervision.
- Must be honest, committed, detail-oriented, and organized.
- Must have a “can do” attitude, work very cooperatively with legal and non-legal staff.
- Must be professional and courteous to clients and staff.
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Office programs (including Outlook, Word, Excel), Adobe Acrobat Pro.
- Must demonstrate good ethics, judgment and maintain the confidentiality of files.
Company DescriptionGed Lawyers is a national law firm, headquartered in Boca Raton FL with offices Massachusetts, New Jersey and Michigan. WE specializes in personal injury, Mass Tort, and personal injury protection (PIP).
Company Description
Ged Lawyers is a national law firm, headquartered in Boca Raton FL with offices Massachusetts, New Jersey and Michigan. WE specializes in personal injury, Mass Tort, and personal injury protection (PIP).