Essential Duties:
- Manage the day-to-day schedules of the attorneys.
- Assist attorneys with preparation of legal documents. Create, edit, and proofread work product to ensure accuracy.
- Maintain calendars including appointments and meetings.
- Processing reimbursements, expense reports and check requests.
- Effectively manage projects by meeting deadlines and conducting follow-up as needed.
- Inputs, reviews, edits, and closes timekeepers time entries through the firms web-based time entry program.
- Handles monthly client billing. Reviews billing pre-bills for accuracy and completeness. Performs client, matter and timekeeper inquiries, and narrative edits.
- Opens new matters and generate client conflict checks. Sets up and maintains timekeepers work files, including daily and regular filing.
- Assumes responsibility for maintaining the highest level of confidentiality of all Firm and client information, records, and files, both within and outside of the Firm.
Qualifications:
- Minimum of 2 years of legal assistant. Prior commercial real estate and/or land use experience is preferred but not required.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.
- Experience with a document management system and time entry system preferred.
- Excellent grammar, spelling, punctuation, and communication skills (both written and verbal).
- Attention to detail and good organizational and analytical skills.
- Flexible attitude and the ability to deal well with changing assignments and priorities.
- Professional appearance and demeanor.
- Client-oriented focus.
- Billing experience preferred.
- BA/BS preferred, but not required.
Requirements
- Minimum of 2 years of legal assistant. Prior commercial real estate and/or land use experience is preferred but not required.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.
- Experience with a document management system and time entry system preferred.
- Excellent grammar, spelling, punctuation, and communication skills (both written and verbal).
- Attention to detail and good organizational and analytical skills.
- Flexible attitude and the ability to deal well with changing assignments and priorities.
- Professional appearance and demeanor.
- Client-oriented focus.
- Billing experience preferred.
- BA/BS preferred, but not required.
Minimum of 2 years of legal assistant. Prior commercial real estate and/or land use experience is preferred but not required. Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint. Experience with a document management system and time entry system preferred. Excellent grammar, spelling, punctuation, and communication skills (both written and verbal). Attention to detail and good organizational and analytical skills. Flexible attitude and the ability to deal well with changing assignments and priorities. Professional appearance and demeanor. Client-oriented focus. Billing experience preferred. BA/BS preferred, but not required.