Legal Administrative Assistant - Disputes

About the role

The Legal Administrative Assistant (LAA) – Disputes plays a crucial role in supporting attorneys and legal teams. This position requires a high level of organization, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Provides practice-specific support to multiple associates, partners, and other attorneys, prioritizing work based on unique practice tasks, requirements, and functions.
• Drafts, edits, and proofreads legal documents, communications, files, or presentations to ensure accuracy.
• Maintains and organizes electronic and paper filing systems within the firm’s DMS/repositories, ensuring all work products are easily accessible and up-to-date.
• Collaborates with other LAAs or LEAs to complete more complex projects or provide administrative support for assigned attorneys.
• Mentors, guides, and delegates to LSAs who assist with projects as appropriate.
• Provides key status updates on projects to assigned attorneys, offering or delegating direct-action support in the event of escalation.
• Organizes and monitors assignments within the firm’s workflow tool, ensuring administrative tasks are properly allocated and completed on time.
• Manages billing matters, including all approval forms and collaboration correspondence, ensuring prebills are processed accurately and timely; serves as a proxy for attorneys to address billing process-related questions or issues.
• Serves as a trusted advisor for associates, partners, or other attorneys, handling confidential or sensitive matters with discretion and promoting professionalism and exceptional service.

Requirements

• The ability to communicate effectively in the native language of the region via e-mail or via voice is essential.
• Takes initiative to enhance existing and learn additional skills.
• Prior experience working with Microsoft Office products or legal software such as iManage, Aderant, DocXTools, Innova, etc.
• Able to adapt to application upgrades and the use of AI-Powered Tools for document production, review, and case research.
• Able to demonstrate flexibility and willingness to learn new skills and adapt to evolving needs of the attorney’s practice.
• Able to work under pressure and manage competing demands in a fast-paced environment.
• Possesses prior experience in workflow-management related roles.
• Proficient in virtual firm collaboration tools such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams to communicate with internal and external resources on behalf of the attorney’s practice.

Qualifications

• A High School Diploma or GED.
• A Bachelor's Degree in legal studies, business administration, or a related field preferred.
• At least 2 years’ experience working in a legal setting under the supervision of a licensed attorney or office administrator, or within a similar role.

Skills

• The ability to communicate effectively in the native language of the region via e-mail or via voice is essential.
• Takes initiative to enhance existing and learn additional skills.
• Prior experience working with Microsoft Office products or legal software such as iManage, Aderant, DocXTools, Innova, etc.
• Able to adapt to application upgrades and the use of AI-Powered Tools for document production, review, and case research.
• Able to demonstrate flexibility and willingness to learn new skills and adapt to evolving needs of the attorney’s practice.
• Able to work under pressure and manage competing demands in a fast-paced environment.
• Possesses prior experience in workflow-management related roles.
• Proficient in virtual firm collaboration tools such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams to communicate with internal and external resources on behalf of the attorney’s practice.

Benefits

Our employees enjoy a comprehensive package of benefits, including medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401(k).

Pay

$37.50 - $48.75 per hour depending on the candidate’s geographic market location.

Schedule

The position offers a hybrid work schedule.