Essential Duties
• Team-player who can also work independently
• Organized individual able to multi-task in fast paced environment
• Familiar with transcribing legal briefs, E-mail correspondence, letters, and confidential memorandum
• Familiar with the varying types of legal documents and able to type from rough and oral drafts
• Court E-Filings
• Comfortable answering calls, transferring and message taking in Attorney absences
• Prepares, maintains and confirms daily work calendars and schedule meetings and appointments
• Assists with travel arrangements, internal correspondence, reimbursements for attorneys, paralegals
• Reads, sorts and ensures incoming mail is timely delivered; ensures outgoing mail is processed
• Processes bills; proofs billing sheets; reviews and edits bills
• Maintain attorneys’ legal confidential and administrative files
RELATED DUTIES
• Assist other Attorneys and Legal Assistants within 3 Practice Groups
• Proactively manage contacts in Outlook and Interaction
Minimum qualifications
Training and Experience
• Three to five years of legal assistance experience. Must type a minimum of 70 words per minutes.
Knowledge, Abilities and Skill
• Comprehensive knowledge of modern legal office practices and procedures
• Considerable knowledge of legal documents preparation, legal terminology and court procedures
• Comprehensive knowledge of MS Word, MS Outlook, Excel, redline comparisons, BigHand (digital dictation)
• Considerable knowledge of effective proofreading
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
Current Programs
• Microsoft Office Suite 2016
• Innova Numbering (in Word)
• Litera Changepro
• Adobe or Kofax
• ProForma Tracker
• Chrome River
• Intapp Open – New Business Intake
• E-Filing
• Interaction
• DocXtools
• Multistyle Numbering
• Bighand
• EMS Web Scheduler