What are the responsibilities and job description for the Litigation Legal Assistant position at Russell Tobin?
Our Client is seeking a Legal Administrative Assistant to join their team!
The Legal Administrative Assistant enhances attorney effectiveness by providing information and administrative support, as well as representation of the attorney to clients and others. Litigation experience and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment is required.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
The Legal Administrative Assistant position may require some or all of the following duties:
- Set up new files; including preparing conflict worksheet upon receipt of new case, typing labels and separating file contents into sub-files;
- Possible preparation of non-billable medical record indexes and/or chronologies per attorney preference;
- Filing of general correspondence, e-mails and/or other legal documents;
- Preparation and editing of general correspondence, pleadings and/or discovery documents from attorney dictation, with same day turnaround time desirable; otherwise, next day turnaround time;
- Drafting form or enclosure letters to court personnel, opposing counsel, employer, etc.
- Related copying, scanning, faxing, etc.;
- Possible scheduling of mediations, depositions, etc., and calendaring of same; (Litigation)
- Preparation of materials for meetings, hearings, depositions and discovery production;
- Submit all invoices to accounting/billing;
- Request checks for any filing fees or other court expenses;
- Schedule depositions, mediations, initial meetings with clients;
- Order court reporters and reserve conference rooms for depositions and mediations;
- Preparing closed files for offsite storage; and coordinate with the finance department to close in our system and final bill;
- Any other related tasks that may be assigned by Management or Supervising Attorneys
Salary ranges Between $50k-$60k with benefits
Pride Global offers eligible employee's comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors.
Salary : $50,000 - $60,000
