Legal Assistant / Paralegal

Job Description

Job Description

Dallas (Uptown) Law Firm is seeking a sharp, experienced legal assistant to handle both paralegal and secretarial assignments at a busy real estate and banking desk working for two attorneys. Responsibilities include significant word processing, file organization and maintenance, drafting or revising correspondence, memoranda and legal documents, case status maintenance and documents management. Ideal candidates will have a minimum of 3 years legal (or banking) experience in a related capacity, strong organization and time management skills, ability to work independently and multi-task, keen attention to detail, and strong proofreading skills.

REQUIREMENTS :

• 3 + year’s secretarial and / or legal experience - paralegal certificate preferred;
• Strong organization and time management skills;
• Ability to work independently;
• Keen attention to detail;
• Strong proofreading skills;
• Ability to lift 25 pounds; and
• Able to stand for periods of 30 minutes.

Excellent skills in Windows / Word / Outlook / Excel required.

The candidate must be able to work under pressure, deadlines, and have experience with a major case load / high volume of matters.

Responsibilities will include the coordination of maintenance of voluminous document files, perform moderately complex factual research and investigation, developing systems to track information and assist with document acquisition, organization, review and analysis, compiling information from various sources, analyzing and clearly reporting detailed findings using charts, statistics and other tools, proofreading legal documents, drafting detailed correspondence and memoranda for attorneys as requested, utilizing computer databases to organize, store and access information.

We offer a competitive salary and benefit package. Please submit resumes and salary requirements.

Benefit Conditions :

Only full-time employees eligible

Work Remotely

No

Job Type : Full-time

Benefits :

401(k)

Dental insurance

Flexible spending account

Health insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance