Family Law Legal Assistant

Full-time

No

depending on experience and qualifications

Experience
Minimum 2 years of experience in a law firm environment

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H1: Join Our Team as a Family Law Legal Assistant at Klie Law Offices in Parkersburg, WV

H2: Responsibilities of a Family Law Legal Assistant at Klie Law Offices:

- Interact with clients, courts, and other parties in a professional and cordial manner
- Manage calendars and schedule appointments for family law practice area
- Remind clients of upcoming events and provide necessary details
- Assist attorneys with meeting and court preparation
- Maintain and update case management system
- Review and process incoming mail
- Monitor case progress and deadlines
- Answer incoming calls and follow firm's policy
- Prepare and send legal documents and correspondence
- Assist with proofreading and finalizing documents
- Manage outgoing mail and request evidence for cases
- Attend meetings and communicate case status to clients
- Enter time and billing data
- Perform other tasks as assigned by attorneys and paralegals
- Serve as backup receptionist
- Meet all court-ordered deadlines

Qualifications:

- High school diploma, with preference for advanced training at a college or university
- Prior experience in a law firm
- Proficient with MS Office products
- Organizational and communication skills

Law Firm Salary Information:

- Compensation: $27,000 - $35,000, depending on experience and qualifications

Experience Information:

- Minimum 2 years of experience in a law firm environment

Not applicable

Not specified

you’ll assist with the preparation of legal documents, and handle all office correspondence including answering phone calls and emails, arranging meetings and travel, and reminding the team of upcoming deadlines. interact with clients, counsel, mediators, clerks, courts, experts, and other parties and build professional and cordial relationships with them by phone, email, and in person. interact with the courts and administrative agencies regarding hearings, motions, and other appearances, and be the courts’ primary point of contact with the firm for all administrative and scheduling issues as it pertains to the family law practice area. contact family law clients in advance of the event to remind them of events they are to attend. ensure they have details on how to attend the event (links for video conferencing, phone numbers for calls, directions/location for in-person events, etc. maintain and update case management system: enter data in matter details for cases assigned to you, save documents received from client to system and share with an attorney, organize files, apply workflows, enter deadlines, document happenings in memos, log emails to case matters, log voicemails to case matters, and create tasks for all cases assigned to you. answer incoming calls and triage according to the firm’s policy. ensure that calls and messages taken are logged in the firm’s case management system according to the firm’s policy. serves as backup to the receptionist and assists with answering incoming phone calls as needed

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