Legal Assistant

Job Description

Job Description

SBH Legal is a litigation firm located in downtown Portland that emphasizes representation of employers, insurers, and claims administrators in all matters relating to employment including workers’ compensation, Longshore, OSHA, wage and hour, discrimination and related litigation.

We are seeking a full-time experienced Legal Assistant to join our team. Our Legal Assistants work in a paperless environment supporting attorney with a host of administrative duties including but not limited to :

• Opening, maintaining, and organizing electronic case files and updating files with case status information
• Docketing of deadlines and maintaining calendars
• Scheduling hearings, depositions, mediations, conferences, and other events
• Coordinating meetings
• Drafting, preparing, and / or editing a variety of correspondences
• Filing pleadings with courts and agencies
• Processing vendor invoices
• Preparing attorney expense reports
• Completing file closure tasks
• Managing time sensitive work and competing priorities
• Other tasks and projects as assigned

Qualifications

SBH Legal offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, 401K, Flexible Spending Accounts, employee assistance program, life and long-term disability insurance, paid parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, and discretionary year-end bonuses. You can also bring your dog to work, enjoy a meal with colleagues while discussing the current book club selection, or work up a sweat in the on-site fitness room.

SBH Legal provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to the employee’s race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy or childbirth, personal appearance, family responsibilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, political affiliation, source of income, place of residence, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military veteran status, physical or mental disability, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

Qualified candidates should submit their resume to humanresources@sbhlegal.com.