Legal Staff Legal Secretary in Atlanta, GA

Law Firm

Atlanta, GA

Legal Staff Legal Secretary in Atlanta, GA

Legal Staff

Min 5 yrs required

No

Job Title: Legal Assistant

Job Responsibilities:

- Provide administrative support to a Partner and a team of litigation attorneys.
- Prepare shell documents including pleadings, discovery, motions, and correspondence.
- Proofread, format, and finalize all outgoing documents, including Tables of Authorities (TOA) and Tables of Contents (TOC).
- Prepare document productions, encrypt media, draft transmittal letters, and log Bates numbers.
- Prepare exhibits for legal proceedings.
- Conduct conflicts checks for new client matters using InTapp Open.
- Scan and convert documents, including Optical Character Recognition (OCR).
- Assist with travel arrangements upon request, including car, hotel, and airfare reservations.
- Oversee arrangements for depositions, mediations, trials, and arbitrations.
- Assist the Business Development team by gathering attorney information for marketing materials and publications.
- Enter and track attorney Continuing Legal Education (CLE) through Micron and request CLE credits from state bars.
- Set up conference calls and arrange meetings.
- Assist with ad hoc projects as necessary.
- Answer and direct phone calls.
- Open all incoming mail, review, and handle appropriately.
- Manage and monitor attorney calendars.
- Prepare and process expense reports for attorneys.
- Review, proofread, and send monthly client invoices upon request.
- Assist with ongoing and fiscal year-end collections upon request.
- Prepare notebooks for attorney use.

Education and Experience:

- Litigation experience is required.
- E-Filing experience in both state and federal court is a must.
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- Advanced user of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Impressive command of grammar and punctuation.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Superior organizational skills.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Ability to interact with clients and all levels of employees within the firm.

Salary Information:

- Not provided in the text.

The Firm:

Law firm is a leading global law firm, helping organizations successfully navigate risk and maximize opportunity in sectors that underpin global trade and commercial activity such as insurance, aviation, marine, construction, energy, trade, and natural resources. The firm is globally integrated, offering a comprehensive range of contentious and non-contentious legal services and commercially-minded legal advice to businesses operating across the world. It is committed to operating in a responsible way, progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves. The firm supports its communities through pro bono work, volunteering, and charitable partnerships, and minimizes its environmental impact through a commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and ambitious emissions reduction targets. The law firm has 490 partners, 2400 lawyers, 3200 legal professionals, and 5500 people overall in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide.

Our Values:

- Work as one: A globally connected team of talented people acting with a firm-first mentality to achieve success.
- Excel with clients: Aim high and challenge ourselves to deliver unique excellence for our clients, keeping them at the center of everything we do.
- Celebrate difference: Help each other to be at our best and believe our differences result in greater achievement.
- Act boldly: Seek new opportunities, take action, and learn as we go, recognizing that curiosity drives development and contributes to growth.

Benefits offered include flexible time off, medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401K Safe Harbor contribution, Life/AD&D Disability, Flexible Spending Account, Supplemental Medical Accident Insurance, Supplemental Critical Illness Insurance, Employee Assistance Program, Pet Insurance, Commuter Benefits, and more.

The job description is constituted at present; however, the law firm reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.

Principals only

It is the policy of the law firm to recruit, hire, promote, reassign, compensate, and train highly qualified persons without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, age, disability, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

The law firm will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories or arrest and conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of FCIHO and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.