Job Description
Legal Assistants support lawyers directly, and may be required to supervise other legal staff such as legal secretaries or file clerks.Legal Assistants should have strong analytical, communication and organizational skills, as well as computer and technical knowledge.Some law firms prefer three to five years of legal experience in a law firm or other corporate legal department.
What you get to do every single day
- Assemble correspondence and memorandum
- Cultivate computer database input and retrieval
- Gather documents and assemble data as directed by lawyers and paralegals
- Review originals documents and checking if copies are true
- Delegate legal research and investigative tasks, including obtaining information or documents from outside parties, as directed
- Stay on top of word processing, filing and faxing
- Cache e-documents and files
- Organize documents for photo copier and scanner
- Locate and retrieve electronic documents from a variety of court and agency web sites
- Control matter management and record keeping
- Investigating the factual evidence of a transaction or case and preparing exhibits, charts and diagrams to display information
- Experience assisting lawyers in preparing for transactional closings, depositions, hearings, trials and conferences; completing many administrative tasks, including, working on individual cases or transactions
- 2+ years of previous legal work experience and a dedication to integrity
- Drafting legal court documents, such as pleadings, motions, affidavits and subpoenas; transactional documents, such as trusts, wills, contracts and real estate leases; and closing documents
- Solid understanding of workers compensation law
- Conducting routine discovery
- Organizing and tracking files for important transactions or case documents, including pleadings and voluminous discovery documents; creating and maintaining a case-management database
Do you want to become part of a dynamic, growing firm? This position could be an excellent opportunity to take the next step in your legal career. We're looking for someone who is eager to work in a strong team-oriented environment. If you think that sounds like you, we want to hear from you!
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All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Benefits are available to contract/temporary professionals, including medical, vision, dental, and life and disability insurance. Hired contract/temporary professionals are also eligible to enroll in our company 401(k) plan. Visit roberthalf.gobenefits.net for more information.
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