Executive Assistant/Legal Secretary

About Latham & Watkins

Latham & Watkins is a global law firm consistently ranked among the top firms in the world. The success of our firm is largely determined by our commitment to hire and develop the very best and brightest, creating a team that provides our clients with the highest quality of work and service. We are driven by our core values: respect, innovation, and collaboration.

About The Role

The Attorn ey Support PROS Specialist is an integral part of Latham’s Attorney Support team. This role will be responsible for directly assisting an assigned group of local attorneys in addition to providing global team support with a variety of administrative responsibilities, while w orking in a global team environment. This role will be located in our Chicago office. This role transitions into a hybrid schedule after training and acclimation to the firm's standard, with the current hybrid flexible schedule of three (3) days in-office and two (2) days remote.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

Other key responsibilities include:

• Daily time entry, expense reimbursement, calendaring and scheduling, managing/editing documents, and travel arrangements
• Proactively learning internal systems and processes to find innovative solutions to problems and requests
• Working closely with other firm departments (Accounting, Business Development, and Information Governance) to ensure seamless attorney support
• Preserving the confidentiality of ours and our clients’ protected information
• Creating, editing, and processing client invoices in accordance with Firm and client requirements; reviewing proformas, handling subsequent corrections, and e-billing coordination
  
  
  

We’d love to hear from you if you:

• Display professional communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with attorneys, clients, vendors, and staff throughout the firm
• Possess the initiative to work both independently and in a team environment with a customer service focus
• Display the ability to multi-task and adapt to continuously evolving technology platforms
  
  
  

And have:

• A minimum of three (3) years prior professional experience in a legal or professional services environment
  
  
  

Benefits & Additional Information

Successful candidates will not only be provided with an outstanding career opportunity and welcoming environment, but will also be provided with a generous total compensation package with bonuses awarded in recognition of both individual and firm performance. Eligible employees can participate in Latham’s comprehensive benefit program which includes:

• Healthcare, life and disability insurance
• A generous 401k plan
• At least 11 paid holidays per year, and a PTO program that accrues 23 days during the first year of employment and grows with tenure
• Well-being programs (e.g. mental health services, mindfulness and resiliency, medical resources, well-being events, and more)
• Professional Development programs
• Employee discounts
• And more!
  
  
  

Additionally, we have a range of diversity programming including Global Affinity Groups. These groups provide a firmwide platform to share experiences and advice as well as an opportunity to participate in a supportive network with common interests to help make life at the firm even better.

Latham & Watkins is committed to diversity, equal opportunity, sustainability, and pro bono legal services. We draw from a remarkable wealth of talent to create one of the world's leading law firms, and advance these commitments through the work of our Global Citizenship department. Our lawyers, paralegals, and professional staff worldwide comprise a rich mixture of different races, ethnic backgrounds, religions, sexual orientations, cultures, and primary languages. Our diversity makes us who we are.

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Pay Range

USD $70,000.00 - USD $90,000.00 /Yr.