Legal Assistant

About the role

We are a busy, mid-size insurance defense firm handling a high-volume caseload of personal injury, auto, and premises liability defense matters. We pride ourselves on delivering exceptional work product, supporting our attorneys, and maintaining a collaborative, process-driven environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage all civil litigation timelines and due dates, including docketing and calendaring
• Prepare and finalize pleadings, discovery requests and responses, subpoenas, motions, and correspondence
• Handle state court filings (experience required); federal filings strongly encouraged
• Maintain attorney calendars, schedule depositions, hearings, IMEs, meetings, and mediations
• Assist with trial preparation, including exhibit binders, witness lists, and pre-trial filings
• Coordinate with clients, experts, court personnel, and vendors
• Format, proofread, and revise legal documents with a high level of accuracy
• Organize and maintain physical and electronic case files
• Utilize Microsoft Outlook (Calendar & Tasks) proficiently
• Support attorneys with general administrative and litigation tasks as needed

Requirements

• 2+ years as a Legal Secretary in civil litigation
• Insurance defense/personal injury defense experience is strongly required
• Strong knowledge of state court litigation processes; federal experience a plus
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Outlook, Word, and PDF editing tools
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment

Pay

$75,000-$90,000 per year (DOE)

Schedule

Hybrid: 1 day remote per week; in-office the remainder of the week