Legal Assistant

Legal Assistants directly support lawyers 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.

• Look after computer database input and retrieval
• Complete word processing, filing and faxing
• Review originals documents and checking if copies are true
• Manage e-documents and files
• Draft correspondence and memorandum
• Maintain documents and assemble data as directed by lawyers and paralegals
• Carry out legal research and investigative tasks, including obtaining information or documents from outside parties, as directed
• Group documents together in need of photocopying/scanning
• Be responsible for matter management and record keeping
• Scan and retrieve electronic documents from a variety of court and agency web sites - 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
• Litigation experience desired
• Conducting routine discovery
• 2+ years of relevant experience
• 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
• Organizing and tracking files for important transactions or case documents, including pleadings and voluminous discovery documents; creating and maintaining a case-management database

You can take the next step in your legal career as part of this dynamic, growing firm. The ideal candidate is eager to work in a strong team-oriented environment.