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Legal Staff Paralegal in Seattle, WA

McNaul, Ebel, Nawrot & Helgren, P.L.L.C. Dec 17,2018 Sep 30,2018 Location Seattle WA
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Legal Staff

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Legal Assistant – Emerging Companies Duties: Proactive management of attorneys’ calendars and keeping attorneys on track of meeting deadlines. Communicate via phone/email to internal and external contacts. Prepare transmittal emails and letters. Carefully reading through the department’s emails to extract action items. Filing documents and sorting/saving emails in a timely manner. Manage and facilitate documents via DocuSign and other document sharing platforms. Opening new matters and creating new business reports. Creating first draft of engagement letters for attorneys’ revisions and signature. Prepare formal documents for client signature(s), obtain appropriate signatures, and follow-up if needed. Scheduling conference calls and/or rooms and circulating invites. Delivering/scanning mail/front desk deliveries. Travel arrangements and restaurant reservations. Word processing (Word TOC proficiency is a plus). Various ad hoc tasks assigned by attorney or to help out other team members.

Qualification and Experience

Candidate must have an innate client-focused drive with the ability to listen, be attentive and anticipate clients’ non-legal needs during the course of representation by the firm. Would be able to foster working relationships with clients as a trusted resource for all non-legal needs (e.g. scheduling meetings, access to documents, answering administrative and logistical questions, etc.). Requires a highly motivated self-starter, with excellent people skills and a professional demeanor. Will have an expert-level proficiency in all Microsoft Office applications, particularly Outlook and Word; as well as organization and time management skills; creative problem solving skills; and keen attention to detail. Will have excellent reading comprehension; meticulous proofreading skills; and the superb ability to express self effectively, both verbally and in writing.

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