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Legal Assistant

La Cava Jacobson & Goodis
Tampa, FL, United States
Full-time

La Cava Jacobson & Goodis, an AV Preeminent rated Florida Defense Firm, handles litigation and appeals in all Florida state and federal courts.

With over 45 attorneys across 7 offices, we serve clients throughout the State of Florida. The attorneys of La Cava Jacobson & Goodis are committed to providing exceptional legal services, and they have the experience, resources, credentials, and credibility necessary to assist their clients in achieving their desired results.

We are currently seeking a Legal Assistant with 3+ years of prior Insurance Defense experience , in the areas of medical malpractice, healthcare defense, or insurance defense for our Tampa office .

Candidates must live in the Tampa Bay Area.

Primary Responsibilities :

  • Assist attorneys in drafting, proofreading, redacting, and editing various documents and contracts for correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, format and content.
  • Manage billing for assigned attorneys (time entry, pre-bills, invoicing) and ensuring compliance with client billing guidelines.
  • Handle incoming invoices from vendors, experts, and other third parties for services rendered to the firm on behalf of our clients.
  • Submit New Case Assignments, Conflict Checks, and manage other matter-related updates. Submit and Prepare files for closure.
  • Assist with the organization of client materials and attorney work product.
  • Handle court filings and submissions through the Florida E-Filing Portal, E-Courtesy, E-Service, JAWS, CM / ECF, and services and submission to opposing counsel.
  • Manage Case Glide, Acuity, Legal Tracker, and other litigation management portals to update clients.
  • Efficiently and thoroughly understand how to use all necessary Firm software.
  • Perform administrative duties such as client file management, general correspondence, expense reports, check requests, etc.
  • 30+ days ago
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