Legal Assistant

Responsibilities

• Drafts and prepares correspondence and other written documents as required, including responses, reports, filings, pleadings, answers, motions, interrogatories, letters, and other documents as necessary.
• Maintains calendar for trial and discovery deadlines.
• Schedules depositions, hearings, appointments, and any other legal proceedings necessary for attorneys.
• Ensures organization of files, including opening, closing, management, and maintenance of files.
• Maintains organization of files, including opening, closing, management, and maintenance of files.
• Monitors files and escalates issues requiring attorney involvement.
• Performs timely handling of highly sensitive issues and materials related to the case.
• Aids attorneys with time entry on billing software.
• Prepares and handles tracking and disposition of subpoenas or other requests for information as needed.
• Issues subpoenas as needed.
• E-files documents using state and federal court databases.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of prior legal assistant experience supporting litigators in civil defense litigation, preferably in a high-volume, fast-paced law firm environment.
• Strong working knowledge of the area of specialization preferred (general liability and/or insurance defense).
• California State filing, including E-Filing experience required.
• Federal E-Filing experience using PACER is a plus.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications such as Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook, and Excel required.
• Requires critical thinking skills, excellent communication and organizational skills, decisive judgment, and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Seeking someone who is a team player.
• High School Diploma or its equivalent.

Physical Demands

• This position is considered to be mostly sedentary and will require the employee to sit for extended periods of time.
• It will also require the employee to occasionally stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee may be engaged in bending, stretching, reaching, and other motions in the course of a working day.
• The employee will be engaged in using office equipment and computers.
• The employee may be engaged in lifting of supplies and materials up to 20 pounds from time to time.
• The employee is regularly required to see, talk, and hear.
• The employee may be interrupted from time to time.

Working Conditions

• This job is located primarily in an indoor office environment with varying noise levels.
• There may be varying degrees of temperature.

Benefits

• Our firm offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package for full-time hourly employees, including medical, dental & vision insurance, employer-paid life insurance, employer-paid short-term disability insurance, generous 401(k) plan match, paid vacation, and more.
• Benefit offerings for positions other than full-time may vary.

Pay and Schedule

• Compensation commensurate with experience.

Benefits

• Our firm offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package for full-time hourly employees, including medical, dental & vision insurance, employer-paid life insurance, employer-paid short-term disability insurance, generous 401(k) plan match, paid vacation, and more.
• Benefit offerings for positions other than full-time may vary.

Skills

• Legal Assistant experience supporting litigators in civil defense litigation.
• Strong working knowledge of the area of specialization (general liability and/or insurance defense).
• Microsoft Office proficiency (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel).
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Team player attitude.

Benefits

• Our firm offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package for full-time hourly employees, including medical, dental & vision insurance, employer-paid life insurance, employer-paid short-term disability insurance, generous 401(k) plan match, paid vacation, and more.
• Benefit offerings for positions other than full-time may vary.

Schedule

• Full-time position.