Practice Assistant
2 months ago
Garden City
Job Description Weber Gallagher has an immediate opening for a full-time Legal Practice Assistant for our Long Island, NY office. This position will be on-site 5 days per week. Candidates are required to have experience in New York law. The Legal Practice Assistant will provide reliable support to partners, associates, and paralegals within the practice. Responsibilities: • Calendar and follow-up on deadlines for discovery, Court events, etc., • Contact Courts (confirm hearings, obtain dockets, e-filing procedures, etc.) and adjusters/clients as needed, • Schedule conference calls/meetings and handle scheduling/calendaring for their assigned team, • Open and close client files, • Associate and download documents, emails, and court filings into iManage document system, • Review invoices for payments and submit expense reports, • Prepare pleadings, discovery (requests and answers), e-filings to be filed (drafting and exhibits), and general correspondence, • Assist attorneys in preparing for trials and hearings, including drafting witness lists and exhibit lists, • E-file legal documents in various courts (pleadings, motions, praecipes, etc.), • 5+ years’ experience as a litigation legal assistant, • Excellent verbal and written communication, interpersonal, customer service, proofreading, time management, and organizational skills, • Solid understanding of civil litigation (state and federal calendar deadlines and rules), • Ability to occasionally work over 35 hours per week to meet client demands Equal employment opportunity is provided to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to a person’s race, color, religion, age, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, ancestry, physical handicap, disability, national origin, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other factor/ status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.