Legal Administrative Assistant

Job Description

Summary:

The Legal Administrative Assistant supports a team of four defense litigation attorneys.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist with preparation and filing of pleadings, motions, memoranda, and discovery
• Prepare, proof and send client communication
• Responsible for file and document management
• Scheduling for Attorneys including travel
• Calendaring case deadlines, court dates, meetings, depositions, etc.
• Organizing depositions including setting and cleaning up conference rooms
• Trial preparation duties
• E-filing
• Preparing/submitting attorneys’ expense reports
• Electronic dictation
• Rotational back-up for Receptionist
  
  

The Ideal Candidate has:

• 2 – 3 years of litigation legal administrative assistant experience with insurance defense exposure
• Exceptional organization skills and attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a deadline driven environment
• Excellent interpersonal skills to effectively interact with all levels of firm personnel and outside clients and vendors
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite products including Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Excellent grammar, punctuation and proofreading skills as well as the ability to produce a high volume of documents with tight deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work within a team environment
• Ability to prioritize work deadlines
• Typing Skills: 55+ wpm
  
  

Education and/or Experience:

• 2 – 3 years of litigation legal administrative assistant experience with insurance defense exposure
• Associate or Bachelor Degree Preferred
  
  

Company Description

Our Firm was founded in 2005 by two founding members. Today, the Firm boasts a full array of attorneys, nurse consultants, and professional staff providing full-service outside litigation services to some of the biggest and best hospitals, practice groups, medical product manufacturers, and other healthcare providers throughout Georgia and the Southeast. The reason our clients come to us – and stay with us – is simple. We believe in the services our clients provide; we are tireless in defending their interests; and we practice law with integrity. Our success is built on the results we have achieved by staying true to these principles.

Our Firm was founded in 2005 by two founding members. Today, the Firm boasts a full array of attorneys, nurse consultants, and professional staff providing full-service outside litigation services to some of the biggest and best hospitals, practice groups, medical product manufacturers, and other healthcare providers throughout Georgia and the Southeast. The reason our clients come to us – and stay with us – is simple. We believe in the services our clients provide; we are tireless in defending their interests; and we practice law with integrity. Our success is built on the results we have achieved by staying true to these principles.