Job Description
Job Title: Legal Assistant - Litigation
Location: Miami, FL
Salary: $70k – $85k + Bonus
Growing Law Firm seeks a Legal Assistant to join their Team!
Responsibilities:
- Experience working in a mid- to large-sized firm and collaborating with various departments across the firm to handle multiple responsibilities, including case openings, conflict checks, billing, records, and more.
- Strong knowledge of Federal and State court rules of procedure, including understanding the requirements to calculate deadlines.
- Schedule hearings and appointments in coordination with the attorneys.
- Effective oral and written communication skills are essential for drafting and proofreading correspondence, pleadings, and other legal documents.
- Experience tracking firm, attorney, and client expenses and using application software to process reimbursements and payments.
- Knowledge and ability to participate in client billing, including assisting attorneys in entering narratives, tracking billable tasks, making edits, and delivering bills to clients in both electronic and paper formats.
- Managing electronic and paper case files.
- Handle incoming and outgoing mail and other correspondence—answer, screen, direct, and place telephone calls and emails.
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of law firm experience as a defense litigation legal assistant with Federal and State court experience.
- Experience working with multiple attorneys is required.
- Ability to work efficiently and effectively under pressure and time constraints.
- Ability to effectively balance multiple assignments and workflow from various attorneys.
- Strong attention to detail, initiative, and follow-through required.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including extensive knowledge of Outlook, Word, Excel, and experience working with law firm case management and billing software required.
- Knowledge of iManage, SmartTime, and Aderant