Legal Assistant - #254961

Summary: To perform duties of Legal Assistant to provide administrative and organizational support for the office.

Duties And Responsibilities Of Legal Assistant Include The Following

• Provide legal administrative support within busy Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation
• Draft/ prepare / edit correspondence and legal documents.
• Organize and maintain client files
• Liaise with clients, insurance adjusters and defense counsel and initiate follow-up
• Assist with authorizations, undertakings, discoveries, and productions
• Schedule meetings and manage calendar for lawyers
• Manage bring-forward system and keep lawyers apprised up upcoming deadlines
• Assist with other tasks as may be needed
• Maintains a professional office environment and promotes a positive image for the company
• Inputs new client’s information onto the company’s data base
• Composes and prepares letters to clients and maintains confidentiality when required.
• Operates standard office equipment efficiently to include:
• multi-line telephone
• postage meter
• computer with printer
• photocopy machine
• facsimile machine
• calculator
• scanner
• performs other related duties as assigned
  
  

Key Competencies For Legal Assistant

• ability and desire to work in a fast pace, entrepreneurial environment
• research skills
• information monitoring
• understand the value of being efficient
• flexible
• teamwork
• internet research skills
• analytical skills
• critical thinking skills
• planning and organizing
• strong communication skills
• stress tolerance
• attention to detail and accuracy
• confidentiality
  
  

Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, Interpersonal Skills, Reading Skills Customer Relations Professionalism, Filing Organization, Time Management, Computer Literacy

Education/Experience: A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a law firm or a minimum of 3 years’ experience at a personal injury law firm

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: send salary requirements with your resume

Benefits: Health insurance, 401k, Long Term Disability

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $60,000.00 per year

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
  
  

Schedule

• 8-hour shift
• Monday to Friday
  
  

Experience

• personal injury law firm: 3 years (Required)
  
  

Work Location: In person