Legal Assistant

Min 1 yrs required

Full-time

No

Legal Assistant
The candidate will be implementing, improving, and ensuring adherence to the Firm’s policies and procedures to reflect the firm's high standards. Will have opportunities for personal, professional, and financial growth. Treating a client or task at 5:15 . on a Friday with the same care and compassion as one Monday morning at 9:15 . Managing multiple calendars and keep schedules for more than one person. Copying, scanning, filing (physical and electronic filing). Data entry using common web-based formats. Conveying confidence in the person and on the phone, demonstrating exceptional communication skills, and an ability to develop rapport with prospective clients, current clients, and referral sources. Directing the caller to the appropriate team member, consistent with the firm’s key administrative policies.

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Qualification and Experience The candidate should preferably have prior law firm experience and/or paralegal studies. Must be embracing attention to detail, transparency, and accountability; able to multi-task and think on feet while making smart decisions, often under strict time pressures. It requires the right combination of communication skills, empathy, and ability to investigate the root of (potential) clients’ problems; self-motivated team player with a strong work ethic; familiar with MS Office Suite and Dropbox or similar. Must have strong multitasking and task management skills; travel to Federal or State Courthouses for discovery pick up or filings; and exemplary problem-solving, communication, and time management skills; experience managing calendars, creating and editing a variety of documents, and assembling and maintaining client files.

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