Legal Assistant

Min 2 yrs required

Full-time

No

Compensation and Benefits:

Competitive salary based on experience
Generous vacation and sick leave
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) Plan

Law Firm is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

## Legal Assistant
Law Firm is seeking an experienced litigation legal assistant/secretary with a positive attitude and strong work ethic, who is able to work both independently and in collaboration with other legal assistants and lawyers. Current openings are in our St. Louis, Belleville, and Kansas City offices.

### Responsibilities

As a legal assistant/secretary, you will be responsible for:

* Transcription of digital dictation
* Preparation of legal documents, including correspondence, pleadings, discovery (Interrogatories, Requests for Production, Requests for Admissions), subpoenas, motions, and pre-trial pleadings
* Performing electronic court filings (federal and state courts)
* Entering lawyers’ billable time into time keeping system
* Maintaining accurate calendaring of court- and client-imposed deadlines and appointments
* Filing printed court documents and correspondence
* Coordinating travel arrangements
* Maintaining professional interactions with clients via email and telephone
* Other general secretarial tasks as assigned

### Required Skills

The successful candidate will possess:

* Minimum 2 years litigation legal assistant/secretary experience
* Knowledge of local, state, and federal court deadlines (diary system)
* Proficient use of Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Word. Desired experience with document management systems.
* Proficient using federal and state electronic court filing systems
* Knowledge of office procedures and legal terminology
* Possesses strong typing and proofreading skills
* Possesses strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize multiple daily assignments

### Compensation and Benefits

Law Firm is committed to providing competitive compensation and benefits for its employees, including:

* Competitive salary based on experience
* Generous vacation and sick leave
* Medical, dental, and vision insurance
* 401(k) Plan

Law Firm is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Transcription, Preparation of legal documents, Electronic court filings, Time keeping, Calendaring, Filing, Coordinating travel arrangements, Professional interactions with clients, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Document management systems, Federal and state electronic court filing systems, Office procedures, Legal terminology, Typing, Proofreading, Organizational skills

responsibilities include but are not limited to:

transcription of digital dictation
preparation of legal documents, including correspondence, pleadings, discovery (interrogatories, requests for production, requests for admissions), subpoenas, motions, and pre-trial pleadings
performing electronic court filings (federal and state courts)
entering lawyers’ billable time into time keeping system
maintaining accurate calendaring of court- and client-imposed deadlines and appointments
filing printed court documents and correspondence
coordinating travel arrangements
maintaining professional interactions with clients via email and telephone
other general secretarial tasks as assigned

required skills include:

minimum 2 years litigation legal assistant/secretary experience
knowledge of local, state, and federal court deadlines (diary system)
proficient use of microsoft outlook and microsoft word

Qualification and Experience Minimum 2 years litigation legal assistant/secretary experience, Knowledge of local, state, and federal court deadlines, Proficient use of Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Word, Desired experience with document management systems, Proficient using federal and state electronic court filing systems, Knowledge of office procedures and legal terminology, Possesses strong typing and proofreading skills, Possesses strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize multiple daily assignments

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