Job Description
Job Description
Job Title : Litigation Legal Administrative Assistant
Location : Dallas TX 75201
Salary / Payrate : $70K-$90K annually and AWESOME benefits!!!
Work Environment : Onsite
Term : Permanent / Fulltime
Bachelor’s degree required : No
Referral Fee : AMS will pay $500 should the person you refer gets hired
JOB DESCRIPTION #LI-KK1
Our client is looking for an experienced Legal Administrative Assistant to support our Oil & Gas Litigation and White Collar & Investigations Practice groups. Candidates should be self-starters, highly organized and team players. The candidate will support our lawyers with various duties and responsibilities as listed below. All activities entail a high level of attorney contact and visibility. Overtime is sometimes needed to meet client deadlines.
JOB DESCRIPTION
- Create, format, edit, proofread, and manage Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations. Draft routine correspondence, forms, etc. under the supervision of an appropriate lawyer / professional.
- Assist with managing professionals’ appointments, meetings (external and internal), client deadlines, etc.
- Schedule domestic and foreign travel, including flights, hotels and / or car rentals.
- Track, organize, and process reimbursements, business intake, invoices, and check requests.
- Run conflict checks, open new client matters, and draft engagement letters and other required documents; provide guidance to lawyers so completed forms are submitted properly.
- Perform routine filing, photocopying, scanning, compiling, and distributing of documents.
- Identify and coordinate available services provided by administrative departments such as office services, the IT Help Desk, and billing.
- Operate independently to ensure assignments, which may be complex in nature or require high-level production, are completed in an accurate and timely manner.
- Enter attorney time and perform the monthly billing process for assigned matters under the direction of the Finance department
- Organize and index correspondence, memoranda, attorney notes, pleadings and other legal documents.
- Answer telephones and sort mail
- Interact with clients and maintain files
SKILLS NEEDED TO BE SUCCESSFUL
Have exceptional administrative and word processing skills.Have the ability to organize and prioritize numerous tasks and complete them under time constraints. Have great attention to detail, and the ability to concentrate and organize work.Must be able to work well independently while handling complex situations, analytical, and proactive.Experience with document management systems.Able to work with a wide spectrum of individuals. Possess good communication and interpersonal skills, along with an enthusiastic team player attitude and a strong work ethic.Able to proofread typed material for contextual, typographical or semantical errors.Commitment to providing superior customer serviceAbility to work well under pressure.Completion of a bachelor's degree preferred4 – 5 years of experience supporting lawyers and paralegals with administrative or client-related tasks preferredNotary preferred