Legal Assistant - Commercial Litigation (Stuart Office)
3 days ago
Stuart
Job Description National Firm has an opening for a Commercial Litigation Legal Assistant with 3+ years’ experience to support the Stuart office. Duties and Responsibilities: • Must deliver daily outstanding service in greeting guests, responding to work requests, scheduling meetings, and conducting telephone conferences., • Must be proactive when supporting the attorneys. and paralegals. May assist in other practice areas, as needed., • Display strong attention to detail., sense of urgency and effectively prioritizes work., • Maintains strict confidentiality of matters and information., • Work with court employees, attorneys, and staff in a professional manner., • Prepares and reviews letters and memoranda in accordance with Firm standards, using word processing and document management systems., • Assists in managing client contacts, emails, and print documents as well as processing mail., • Clearly communicates in a concise, professional manner., • Transcribes dictation., • Files documents with courts electronically., • Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office programs is required., • Trial preparation experience, • Proficiency with Kofax/Nuance, iManage, or those software programs’ counterparts strongly preferred., • Knowledge of the litigation process and general court operations., • Ability to communicate effectively, • Ability to reason and apply common sense understanding to resolve problems and carry out instructions furnished verbally or in writing., • Ability to work under a high level of competency to perform the essential duties of the position., • 3+ years’ Litigation legal assisting experience in a law firm or other legal setting., • Education beyond high school or coursework related to the legal industry preferred. REF 16515 #ZR