What are the responsibilities and job description for the Administrative Assistant position at Speech Law LLC?
Speech Law LLC is Ohio's only law firm focused exclusively on defending the public's right to free speech.
Representative clients include government employees fired for reporting the misapporpriation of tax revenues, a little old lady facing criminal charges for giving her mother's nursing home a one-star review on Google, women sued for libel after calling their shared ex a narcissist, and reporters and other watchdogs seeking access to government records.
Our client list is growing quickly, so we are looking to expand beyond a solo operation and bring in litigators who can assist with our First Amendment portfolio, as well as administrative support to keep things running smoothly.
Qualifications
- Strong interpersonal, customer service and communication skills
- Ability to multitask
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office
Useful Experience
- Managing communications with clients and other attorneys
- Scheduling and confirming meetings
- Calendar management
- Tracking upcoming deadlines
- Organizing files
- Bookkeeping
- Billing and invoicing
- Data entry
- Interacting with clients
Over time, we would hope to move the administrative assistant into a paralegal role, which could also involve legal research, drafting documents, client intake interviews, marketing.
The current arrangement is remote, but we would expect to move to a hybrid or in-person arrangement sometime in 2025.
This is a contract position but we will look to move the right candidate to a full-time position.
Send applications to hiring@speech.law with the subject line: "Job Application: Administrative Assistant." Don't use Easy Apply.