Executive Legal Assistant

Description

This is an exciting opportunity to work for one of the top law firms in the U.S.! Davis Wright Tremaine LLP is looking for an Executive Legal Assistant to join our team in our Washington D.C. office. We offer a hybrid work engagement with two days of remote work, and three days in-office. In this position, you will provide and coordinate administrative and clerical support to attorneys and paralegals in various practice groups, supporting effective use of their time. This position requires a high ability to work independently as well as in a team environment with timekeepers and staff members. Expertise in practicing the listed responsibilities is required. At Davis Wright Tremaine, you will find challenging assignments, opportunities for professional growth and community involvement, and a culture of inclusion. DWT fosters inclusiveness and authenticity. Regardless of position, everyone here has a voice and the support is unparalleled. On a typical day you will :

• Take ownership of own success and attorneys' success
• Welcome challenges and take a proactive approach to problem solving
• Be engaged, interested and curious, offer ideas and solutions to improve service, teamwork and efficiency
• Maintain composure and discretion
• Effectively partner with attorneys and maintain good working relationships with clients, DWT staff and attorneys, and other contacts (agencies, courts, vendors, etc.)
• Sustain a high degree of attorney confidence, minimal backlog and minimal overtime
• Extensive interaction with clients; acts as intermediary with clients and responds to client requests
• Collaborate with team members
• Mentor and share information with others
• Invest in mentoring Administrative Legal Assistants / Secretaries and others
• Utilize resources (administrative staff, practice management, finance department, copy center and services, colleagues, office management)
• Assign appropriate tasks to word processing, file room and other support staff. Follow up on status of all projects to ensure timely completion
• Communicate clearly with all appropriate team members on project status
• Efficiently manage complex and challenging workflow
• Manage client billing process, including review and editing of pre-bills
• Maintain up-to-date forms, including collaboration with word processing on templates
• Docket deadlines
• Type, proofread, run comparisons, and edit correspondence, memoranda, agreements and other legal and business documents from notes, templates, drafts, or dictated text under time sensitive deadlines
• Maintain attorney and client records, including email and other electronic records
• Open new client and new matter files
• Schedule and coordinate appointments, meetings and conference calls and maintain calendars
• Answer, screen, and respond to phone calls
• Open and route mail, attaching appropriate files and documents
• Prepare and submit expense reimbursement reports and check requests
• Make travel arrangements
• Schedule conference rooms using Resource Scheduler and arrange for food service and audio-visual equipment as needed
• Maintain a deep understanding of attorney's practices and goals, as well as firm objectives, policies, and procedures; proactively seek development opportunities and collaborate with supervisor to meet them; raise concerns or ideas with supervisor, and collaborate on solutions that support team and firm success
• Take initiative to understand attorneys' client service needs; identify opportunities to contribute to client relationship success by raising concerns and / or opportunities to improve; offers potential solutions and is willing to participate in the agreed upon course of action to reach the desired goals
• Check in regularly with attorneys to ensure all aspects of projects are on track. Prompt as needed. Exercise careful judgment about when to ask for guidance
• Assist fellow secretaries and additional attorneys as priorities dictate
• Maintain regular and consistent attendance and punctuality. Adhere to schedule by being timely on breaks, lunches and meetings

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Who We Are

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP is an AmLaw 100 law firm with 11 offices nationwide. We are relentlessly committed to client service and look for candidates who share that commitment. At DWT, client service means having empathy for each client's and each lawyer's work and personal pressures, business objectives, and legal needs; anticipating their needs; and having the capabilities and commitment to deliver what matters most to them.

What's in it For You?

DWT offers competitive compensation in addition to ample benefits including but not limited to :

This job description intends to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position. It is not intended to include all duties and responsibilities.

District of Columbia

The annualized salary range for this position in Washington D.C. is$80,000 to $107,000 ($41.03 to $54.87 hourly).Actual pay will be adjusted based on experience and other job-related factors permitted by law. Full time employees may be eligible for a bonus, health insurance with an optional HSA, short term disability, long term disability, dental insurance, vision care, telemedicine and virtual short term solution based counseling services, life insurance, Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, subsidized backup care and caregiving resources, 401(k), vacation, sick time, and an employee assistance program. Additional voluntary programs include : voluntary accident insurance, voluntary life, voluntary disability, voluntary long term care, and pet insurance. Commuter and Transit programs are also available. Davis Wright Tremaine LLP fosters a culture where all talented individuals-including those who are traditionally underrepresented in the legal profession-can have, and can see, paths to success.Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion sits on four pillars : Community, Growth, Education, and Engagement.Learn more about the firm's commitment to DEI here : www.dwt.com / dei .

Davis Wright Tremaine provides reasonable accommodations for those who need them to complete the application or recruiting process and for employees who need reasonable accommodations to perform the essential functions of their positions due to a disability or for religious reasons. If you need to request accommodation during the application or recruiting process, please email [emailprotected] .