Legal Assistant
Novate Legal Search
West Hollywood, USA
Full-time
As a Litigation Legal Secretary you willprovide a variety of secretarial and administrative duties forassigned attorneys.
You will be responsible for interacting withcolleagues in a team setting and upholding the image of the Firm bymaintaining positive contact with clients attorneys and staff andobserving confidentiality of client matters.
The Daytoday
Onany given day you will be working with firm leadership partners andbusiness colleagues on a variety of requests and projects. Youwill :
- Input revise and finalizecorrespondence memoranda and other legal documents. Draft routinecorrespondence memoranda and other documents.
- File legal documents in federal and statecourts including efiling in all courts and agencies; preparedocuments for service of process;
prepare case shell documents foruse by attorneys.
- Verifyall attachments exhibits and enclosures are included withtransmittal letters / memos.
- Proofread documents and check for appropriateformatting spelling and grammar.
- Maintain good public relations withclients.
- Review allincoming mail distribute to teams as needed and upload to theDMS.
- Prepare documentsand packages for mail messenger and overnightdelivery.
- Prepare expensereports manage vendor invoices mailings and request checks asneeded.
- Enter attorneytime. Send time entry reminders.
- Process client billing. Assist with review andedit of bills as necessary.
- Schedule appointment and make arrangements formeetings conferences and travel.
- Complete client / matter intake forms. Requestconflicts of interest checks. Open new files. Prepare files to beclosed.
- Coordinate andfollow through on requests and projects with other supportdepartments (e.g. receptionists file / document clerks officeservices).
- Provideoverflow and absence coverage assistance as well as secretarialsupport for Secretarial Team Membersattorneys.
- Other dutiesand projects as assigned.
You Have
- A minimum of 5 years of litigation secretarialexperience. (Entertainment Litigation experience is aplus).
- Strongproofreading skills attention to detail and solid grammar / spellingskills.
- High degree ofproficiency with Microsoft programs (Word OutlookExcel).
- Legal citationand legal terminology expertise.
- Familiarity with iManage Compulaw or similartechnology.
- The abilityto organize prioritize and meet the demands off multiple attorneyassignments.
- Flexibilityto work overtime occasionally.
- Good attendance andpunctuality.
Remote Work :
30+ days ago