Legal Assistant

About the role

The Missoula branch of Hall & Evans, LLC, is seeking a Legal Assistant to support civil litigation cases. The ideal candidate will have experience as a Legal Assistant or Paralegal, particularly in insurance defense, employment, public entity, and court of appeals matters. The position offers a flexible hybrid schedule with 3 days in the office and 2 days from home.

Responsibilities

• Assemble and file documents electronically
• Prepare motion and discovery shells, motion filing
• Expertly coordinate for depositions and trials
• Aid in the preparation of trial/mediation/arbitration documents
• Interface professionally with clients, opposing counsel, and court clerks
• Communicate effectively 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
• Use Outlook/LSS calendaring and iManage document management program
• Exercise strong editing, proofreading, and grammar skills
• Anticipate and solve problems with a high degree of personal integrity, confidentiality, tact, discretion, and judgment
• Manage a high-volume workload with critical deadlines
• Exercise a high degree of personal integrity, confidentiality, tact, discretion, and judgment
• Work efficiently with Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, and Excel)
• Manipulate and edit PDF documents using Acrobat Adobe
• Exercise a high degree of personal integrity, confidentiality, tact, discretion, and judgment
• Exercise a high degree of personal integrity, confidentiality, tact, discretion, and judgment
• Exercise a high degree of personal integrity, confidentiality, tact, discretion, and judgment
• Exercise a high degree of personal integrity, confidentiality, tact, discretion, and judgment

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Business school or related professional legal secretarial degree or paralegal certificate preferred
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
• Experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, and Excel)
• Experience with Adobe Acrobat for document manipulation

Benefits

Financial stability, great benefits, many paid by the Firm, flexible time off, professional work environment, business casual dress code, on-site training, and current technology with in-house IT professionals!

Pay

Compensation is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

This position offers a hybrid work schedule with 3 days in the office and 2 days at home after successful completion of training.

Hall & Evans, LLC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.