Legal Administrative Assistant

Our busy legal firm is looking for a legal assistant to help our attorneys and paralegals assist clients and ensure we’re operating with excellence for clients. 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. If you have experience in a law firm environment, work well under pressure, and are looking for a rewarding opportunity in the legal industry, we want to connect with you. You must be able to multi-task, think on your feet, take initiative, and be extremely organized.

Client Focused Tasks

Interact with clients and build relationships with them by phone, email, and, face-to-face in person

• Providing better communication with clients
• Strengthening the relationship between the client and the firm

Schedule client calls and meetings

• Assuring that the attorneys’ calendars are accurately maintained and organized in a logical and efficient manner

Interact with the courts and administrative agencies regarding hearings, motions, and, other appearances

• Becoming the courts’ primary point of contact with the firm for all administrative and scheduling issues

Prepare and send bills to clients

Attorney Focused Tasks

Prepare and ensure the execution of engagement agreements as directed by the owner

• Combining the standard language in the engagement agreement with the attorneys’ instructions that customize the agreement
• Ensuring that the client receives the engagement agreement and that they execute it and return it to the firm

Keep attorneys' calendars and send reminders

• Assuring that the attorneys’ calendars are accurately maintained and organized
• Assuring that the attorneys’ work-days are organized in a logical and efficient manner

Retrieve and deliver assigned attorneys' voicemails and ensure that copies are included in the firm’s client files (paper and/or electronic)

Manage the Attorneys' mail

• Retrieve, date stamp, and open mail for assigned attorneys

Prepare and send legal correspondence as directed by attorneys

• Put documents keyboarded initially by attorneys into final form, ready for delivery to courts, clients, co-counsel, and opposing counsel

Draft non-legal correspondence

• Communication with the firm’s bankers, suppliers, Landlords, and others

Organize the attorneys’ files

• Assure that the attorney has all of the relevant materials ready for in-office meetings, court, or other off-site meetings

Administrative Tasks

• Enter Attorneys’ time and billing data 
• Set up and manage new client and firm files
• Make copies/scans documents
• Assist with Policies and Procedures

• Must be comfortable with technology, CRM, and work within deadlines.