Practice Assistant - Corporate / Real Estate (Hyrid)

Description

The Seattle office of Holland & Knight is seeking a Practice Assistant to join our team. The Practice Assistant will be responsible for providing high-quality administrative support to a group of lawyers and professionals in a team environment, effectively and efficiently meeting Firm / client needs. The Practice Assistant position is currently a hybrid role with designated days required to be in the office, which may change depending on future needs of the Firm or industry standards.

Key Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions :

• Communicate effectively and professionally with clients, lawyers, and co-workers via email, by telephone, and in person; answer telephone, providing responses to routine questions from clients and staff members, and / or route calls to appropriate lawyer or staff member; arrange conference calls and greet clients.
• Create, draft, format, edit, proofread, and manage Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations; draft routine business correspondence, forms, and documents under the supervision of an appropriate lawyer / professional.
• Schedule domestic and foreign travel through Firm travel system, including flights, hotels, and / or car rentals.
• Prepare, organize, and process reimbursements, invoices, and check requests in a timely manner.
• Collect and prepare information to run conflict checks, open new client matters, and draft engagement letters, scope letters, and other required documents; provide guidance to lawyers to ensure completed forms are prepared and submitted properly.
• Learn client-specific billing guidelines or restrictions and consistently apply them to client invoices to ensure compliance and cost-effective practices.
• Open, prioritize, and distribute mail (both paper and electronic), coordinate mailings, deliveries, copying, scanning, and printing, when appropriate.
• Enter and manage work requests from lawyers in the Firm’s workflow tool and complete according to provided deadline(s).
• Perform routine electronic and paper filing in an organized manner for easy access; photocopy, scan, compile, and distribute documents; identify and coordinate available services provided by administrative departments, including office services, the IT Help Desk, document services, accounting, billing, and records.
• Perform all file maintenance, including saving documents to the document management system.
• Assist lawyers with time entry, billing, and collection, as needed.
• Operate independently to ensure completion of assignments, which may be complex in nature or require high-level production, in an accurate and timely manner. Produce a high volume of work assignments in an accurate and timely manner.
• Perform clerical duties for non-legal departments, as needed.
• Special projects and duties as assigned.

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Benefits : Our goal is to promote a work environment in which individuals have access to the resources they need to be their best both professionally and personally, which includes resources that encourage individuals to focus on their health and well-being.

Below is a list of just some of the benefits we offer : comprehensive medical (PPO and HDHPs), dental and vision plans including coverage for domestic partners; life and AD&D insurance; short and long term disability insurance; tax-advantaged accounts for health care expenses, including FSAs and HSAs; FSAs for dependent care; health advocacy services; behavioral health and counseling resources for all family members; 401(k); profit sharing; pre-tax transit and parking program; backup dependent care; senior care planning support; resources for individuals with development disabilities and their caregivers; and paid holidays and other paid time off, including paid leave for new parents.