Legal Assistant - Business and Real Estate (Columbus)

Taft is seeking a legal assistant to serve our Business and Real Estate teams in Taft’s Columbus office. We are seeking a legal assistant with 2+ years of legal and/or office experience to provide administrative support to our team in the Columbus office. All Taft employees operate under a “Client First” philosophy—in all things, we seek to provide exceptional services to our clients.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Provides skilled, proactive administrative support to assigned attorneys and others, as needed.
• Exhibits outstanding client service in greeting guests, scheduling meetings, and conducting telephone conferences.
• Responds to requests with a sense of urgency and effectively prioritizes work; ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Familiarity with real estate documents including but not limited to abstracts of purchase agreements, leases, closing checklists, letters of intent, and tenant estoppel certificates.
• Proactively monitors deadlines.
• Processes requests for payment and reimbursements as well as time entries/billing.
• Assists in managing client contacts, emails, and print documents as well as processing mail.
• Clearly communicates in a concise, professional manner.
• Creates, maintains and retires files in accordance with Taft’s Information Governance Policy.

Requirements

• 2+ years’ experience with legal or office administrative work.
• Some education beyond high school or other coursework related to the legal industry preferred.
• Strong attention to detail
• Proficient command of the English language and standard grammar rules.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office programs and DocuSign.