Legal Assistant

About the role

Hall & Evans is seeking a candidate with legal assistant or paralegal experience to support its complex civil litigation practice in our Salt Lake City office. This position can require billable hours and offers a hybrid working schedule (3 days in-office and 2 days remote) after successfully completing the training period.

Responsibilities

• Assemble and file documents electronically
• Prepare motion and discovery shells, motion filing
• Expert coordination for depositions and trials
• Assist with preparation of trial/mediation/arbitration documents
• Interface professionally with clients, opposing counsel, and court clerks
• Process payment requests and coordinate the client billing process
• Maintain client files and contact information
• Schedule meetings, conference calls, depositions, court hearings, and travel arrangements
• Perform administrative tasks as assigned

Requirements

• Legal Assistant or Paralegal experience, 5+ years preferred
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
• Excellent technology skills
• Outlook/LSS calendaring and iManage document management program experience is highly preferred
• Well-developed skills in editing, proofreading, and grammar
• Ability to anticipate problems, find solutions, and prioritize work accordingly
• Well-developed time management and organizational skills
• Effectively manage a high-volume workload with critical deadlines
• Ability to exercise a high degree of personal integrity, confidentiality, tact, discretion, and judgment
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, and Excel)
• Knowledge of manipulation and editing of PDF documents using Adobe Acrobat
• Ability to work overtime as necessary
• Complex defense litigation experience is highly preferred

Qualifications

• Minimum of high school graduation required
• Business school, related professional legal secretarial degree, or paralegal certificate strongly preferred

Benefits

• Financial stability
• Great benefits, many that are 100% paid by the Firm
• Professional work environment with a business casual dress code
• Respectful and collegial culture
• Onsite training to promote continuous learning
• Current technology and in-house IT professionals

Schedule

Hybrid working schedule (3 days in-office and 2 days remote) after successfully completing the training period.