Legal Assistant

Job Description

Job Description

About the Opportunity :

Our Firm is seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented Legal Assistant to provide administrative and clerical support to the attorneys in our Lubbock office. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.

Established in Amarillo, Texas in 1970, Perdue Brandon Fielder Collins & Mott LLP ("Perdue Brandon") is one of the oldest law firms providing collection services and related legal representation to government entities. Our clients include school districts, cities, counties, hospital districts, appraisal districts and other governmental entities. Perdue Brandon continues to grow and currently has 15 primary offices in Texas and multiple satellite locations in Texas, Oklahoma, and Florida servicing clients in nine states.

This is a full-time position with great benefits including medical, dental, vision and a generous PTO policy. Perdue Brandon is a dynamic, high-volume law firm offering a professional, yet casual environment. We are looking for an enthusiastic and self-starting hard worker to join our winning team!

Essential Job Functions :

• Provide litigation support to the department and attorneys as needed in the collaborative efforts to move cases forward
• Prepare and e-file litigation documents with various courts
• Prepare various outgoing letters
• Maintain documents within document storage software
• Receive and make phone calls daily from and to clients, constables, court personnel, taxpayers, and others
• Correspond daily via email with clients, constables, court personnel, taxpayers, and others
• Maintain and update databases including e-cabinet system and firm's custom case management system
• Follow up regularly on pending and existing cases
• Track correspondence sent, received or requiring further action in case management system
• Meet daily and weekly deadlines related to the many aspects of the litigation process including the collection of amounts owed on cases
• Pick up documents and evidence from tax office and other locations
• Additional clerical or administrative duties, as needed or assigned

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If you have an interest in this opportunity, please apply via our web site at : www.PBFCM.com

79408, starting pay is $16 / hr.

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