Civil Litigation Legal Assistant
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- Do NOT repeat job title as heading (page already shows it).
- Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings.
- Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail.
- Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions.
- IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them.
- Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones.
- Output ONLY the HTML fragment — no `/`, no markdown code fences.
2. **Analyze the Input Text:**
Let me parse the input carefully. It's a job posting. I need to extract relevant sections and structure them.
Input text:
Benefits: 401(k)401(k) matchingHealth insurancePaid time offProfit sharing Civil Litigation Legal Assistant Simms Showers LLP We’re hiring a Civil Litigation Legal Assistant to join our team. Who We Are The vision of Simms Showers LLP is to integrate our faith into the practice of law with excellence, to help people, and glorify God. We are a mission-driven firm in the fullest sense. Our shared faith shapes how we treat one another, how we approach our work, and how we understand what it means to serve clients with excellence. The culture is both intellectually rigorous and genuinely warm. We collaborate closely, invest in one another, and enjoy working together. The Role The Civil Litigation Legal Assistant provides administrative, operational, and legal support to attorneys and paralegals within the firm’s Civil Litigation department. This position assists with client intake and matter setup, legal research and drafting, discovery, document management, court filings, billing, trial preparation, and works closely with attorneys throughout the lifecycle of a matter. The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities while maintaining accurate files, meeting deadlines, communicating professionally with clients and attorneys, and handling confidential information. The Legal Assistant is expected to work collaboratively with the litigation team and provide dependable support from initial client intake through case resolution and file closeout. Job Duties Include: Client Intake & Matter Management: Manage prospective client intake, schedule consultations, prepare engagement materials, establish new matters in Clio, and maintain accurate client files, trackers, and documentation throughout the life of the matter. Litigation & Legal Support: Provide day-to-day support to civil litigation attorneys, including legal research, drafting pleadings and other legal documents, proofreading filings and correspondence, preparing templates, and assisting with court filings and service. Discovery & Case Preparation: Assist with all phases of discovery, including document collection, organization, Bates stamping, drafting and reviewing discovery materials, evidence management, case timelines, exhibit preparation, and trial binders. Client & Attorney Support: Coordinate meetings, calls, and follow-up with clients and attorneys; track outstanding questions and tasks; facilitate communication; and provide ongoing administrative and operational support for active matters. Employment Law Support: Assist with employment matters (including many matters representing police officers) through jurisdictional and compensation research, data collection and analysis, Excel spreadsheet management, preparation of charts and exhibits, organization of negotiation materials, and arbitration support. Document Management & Administrative Support: Maintain organized electronic and physical files, coordinate documents for attorney review and signature, track billable work, assist with billing and matter closeout, archive closed files, and provide general administrative support to the litigation team as needed. Other duties as assigned by the Managing Litigation Paralegal or Attorneys. Compensation & And Benefits $22-$27 an hour depending on qualifications and experience Significant retirement benefits including 401(k) with 4% firm match, cash balance contributions and profit-sharing contributions Multiple health insurance options with the firm paying 75% of individual premiums for all plans and 60% of all family premiums Skills And Qualifications College degree or relevant work experience Strong writing and proofreading skills Comfortability with AI platforms preferred Strong attention to detail and process orientation Proficiency in Microsoft Office products Learn More For additional information, please see our LinkedIn and Mission Statement.
Wait, the input has some formatting issues. Let me re-read carefully. It starts with "Benefits: 401(k)401(k) matchingHealth insurancePaid time offProfit sharing..." That seems like a jumbled extraction. But I need to work with what's given. I should parse out the actual content.
Let me outline the structure found in the text:
- "Benefits: 401(k)401(k) matchingHealth insurancePaid time offProfit sharing" - This looks like a list of benefits, but it's garbled. Later there's more benefits detail under "Compensation & And Benefits".
- "Civil Litigation Legal Assistant Simms Showers LLP We’re hiring a Civil Litigation Legal Assistant to join our team." - Title and intro.
- "Who We Are" section: mission, faith, culture.
- "The Role" section: description of the position.
- "Job Duties Include:" followed by a list of duties (Client Intake & Matter Management, Litigation & Legal Support, Discovery & Case Preparation, Client & Attorney Support, Employment Law Support, Document Management & Administrative Support, Other duties as assigned).
- "Compensation & And Benefits" section with pay range and benefits details.
- "Skills And Qualifications" with list of skills/qualifications.
- "Learn More" with LinkedIn and Mission Statement link.
Rules to apply:
- Use `
` for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. But only include sections that have real content. Never create a section with filler.
- Do NOT repeat job title as heading. The page already shows it, so I shouldn't have an `` for "Civil Litigation Legal Assistant" or similar. I should avoid repeating it.
- Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings. There's no explicit job ID in the text, but I should be careful.
- Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail.
- Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The text doesn't seem to have much of that, except maybe "Learn More For additional information, please see our LinkedIn and Mission Statement." I should probably drop the "Learn More" instruction part, or maybe keep it as a small link? The rules say remove application instructions. I'll interpret "Learn More" as application instruction and drop it, or maybe just not include it as a section.
- IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text. Never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. The posting does state Pay and Benefits, so I can include those, but with specific content, not placeholders.
- Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones.
- Output ONLY the HTML fragment — no `/`, no markdown code fences.
Now, I need to decide on section headings. The rules say: use `` for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). But I should only include sections with real content. Let's map what's in the posting:
- "Who We Are" - This is substantive. I can use an `` maybe "About the firm" or similar, but the example says "About the role". I need to match the heading names to the content. The rules give examples: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. I should use these or similar, but only if content exists. The posting has "Who We Are", "The Role", "Job Duties Include", "Compensation & And Benefits", "Skills And Qualifications". I need to map these to the specified heading names, or use sensible ones that match the content. The rules say "use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)". It doesn't say I must use exactly those, but they are examples. I think I should use headings that correspond to the content, preferably from that list, but only if content exists. Let's see:
- "About the role" could map to "The Role" section.
- "Responsibilities" could map to "Job Duties Include".
- "Requirements" might map to "Skills And Qualifications", but the posting has both "Skills And Qualifications" and maybe "Requirements" is part of it. The posting doesn't explicitly have a "Requirements" section separate from Skills/Qualifications. I could combine or use "Qualifications".
- "Qualifications" - the posting has "Skills And Qualifications".
- "Skills" - same.
- "Benefits" - the posting has "Compensation & And Benefits" and the initial garbled "Benefits:" line.
- "Pay" - the posting has "$22-$27 an hour depending on qualifications and experience".
- "Schedule" - not mentioned. So I should NOT create a Schedule section.
Rules: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. The posting does state Pay and Benefits, so I can include them, but with specific content, no placeholders.
Also: "include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text". So if I include Pay, it must have the actual "$22-$27 an hour..." text, not "commensurate with experience".
Let's parse the benefits and pay carefully:
From the text:
"Compensation & And Benefits $22-$27 an hour depending on qualifications and experience Significant retirement benefits including 401(k) with 4% firm match, cash balance contributions and profit-sharing contributions Multiple health insurance options with the firm paying 75% of individual premiums for all plans and 60% of all family premiums"
Also earlier: "Benefits: 401(k)401(k) matchingHealth insurancePaid time offProfit sharing" - This seems like a bullet list of benefits, but it's duplicated/garbled. I should extract the substantive benefits from the "Compensation & And Benefits" section, which is more detailed. I'll use that. The initial "Benefits:" line might be part of the posting's formatting, but it's repetitive. I'll focus on the detailed benefits section.
Let's list all substantive sections I'll include:
1. About the firm / Who We Are
2. The Role (description)
3. Responsibilities (Job Duties Include)
4. Qualifications / Skills (Skills And Qualifications)
5. Pay (the hourly range)
6. Benefits (the retirement, health insurance details)
I need to map the headings as per the rule's examples. The rule says: "use for section headings (e
` for prose. - Do NOT repeat job title as heading (page already shows it). - Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings. - Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. - Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. - IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. - Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. - Output ONLY the HTML fragment — no `/`, no markdown code fences. 2. **Analyze the Input Text:** Let me parse the input carefully. It's a job posting. I need to extract relevant sections and structure them. Input text: Benefits: 401(k)401(k) matchingHealth insurancePaid time offProfit sharing Civil Litigation Legal Assistant Simms Showers LLP We’re hiring a Civil Litigation Legal Assistant to join our team. Who We Are The vision of Simms Showers LLP is to integrate our faith into the practice of law with excellence, to help people, and glorify God. We are a mission-driven firm in the fullest sense. Our shared faith shapes how we treat one another, how we approach our work, and how we understand what it means to serve clients with excellence. The culture is both intellectually rigorous and genuinely warm. We collaborate closely, invest in one another, and enjoy working together. The Role The Civil Litigation Legal Assistant provides administrative, operational, and legal support to attorneys and paralegals within the firm’s Civil Litigation department. This position assists with client intake and matter setup, legal research and drafting, discovery, document management, court filings, billing, trial preparation, and works closely with attorneys throughout the lifecycle of a matter. The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities while maintaining accurate files, meeting deadlines, communicating professionally with clients and attorneys, and handling confidential information. The Legal Assistant is expected to work collaboratively with the litigation team and provide dependable support from initial client intake through case resolution and file closeout. Job Duties Include: Client Intake & Matter Management: Manage prospective client intake, schedule consultations, prepare engagement materials, establish new matters in Clio, and maintain accurate client files, trackers, and documentation throughout the life of the matter. Litigation & Legal Support: Provide day-to-day support to civil litigation attorneys, including legal research, drafting pleadings and other legal documents, proofreading filings and correspondence, preparing templates, and assisting with court filings and service. Discovery & Case Preparation: Assist with all phases of discovery, including document collection, organization, Bates stamping, drafting and reviewing discovery materials, evidence management, case timelines, exhibit preparation, and trial binders. Client & Attorney Support: Coordinate meetings, calls, and follow-up with clients and attorneys; track outstanding questions and tasks; facilitate communication; and provide ongoing administrative and operational support for active matters. Employment Law Support: Assist with employment matters (including many matters representing police officers) through jurisdictional and compensation research, data collection and analysis, Excel spreadsheet management, preparation of charts and exhibits, organization of negotiation materials, and arbitration support. Document Management & Administrative Support: Maintain organized electronic and physical files, coordinate documents for attorney review and signature, track billable work, assist with billing and matter closeout, archive closed files, and provide general administrative support to the litigation team as needed. Other duties as assigned by the Managing Litigation Paralegal or Attorneys. Compensation & And Benefits $22-$27 an hour depending on qualifications and experience Significant retirement benefits including 401(k) with 4% firm match, cash balance contributions and profit-sharing contributions Multiple health insurance options with the firm paying 75% of individual premiums for all plans and 60% of all family premiums Skills And Qualifications College degree or relevant work experience Strong writing and proofreading skills Comfortability with AI platforms preferred Strong attention to detail and process orientation Proficiency in Microsoft Office products Learn More For additional information, please see our LinkedIn and Mission Statement. Wait, the input has some formatting issues. Let me re-read carefully. It starts with "Benefits: 401(k)401(k) matchingHealth insurancePaid time offProfit sharing..." That seems like a jumbled extraction. But I need to work with what's given. I should parse out the actual content. Let me outline the structure found in the text: - "Benefits: 401(k)401(k) matchingHealth insurancePaid time offProfit sharing" - This looks like a list of benefits, but it's garbled. Later there's more benefits detail under "Compensation & And Benefits". - "Civil Litigation Legal Assistant Simms Showers LLP We’re hiring a Civil Litigation Legal Assistant to join our team." - Title and intro. - "Who We Are" section: mission, faith, culture. - "The Role" section: description of the position. - "Job Duties Include:" followed by a list of duties (Client Intake & Matter Management, Litigation & Legal Support, Discovery & Case Preparation, Client & Attorney Support, Employment Law Support, Document Management & Administrative Support, Other duties as assigned). - "Compensation & And Benefits" section with pay range and benefits details. - "Skills And Qualifications" with list of skills/qualifications. - "Learn More" with LinkedIn and Mission Statement link. Rules to apply: - Use `