Legal Assistant
Legal Assistant
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Job Description
Job Title: Legal Assistant
Location: Boston MA
Job duration Fulltime Permanent
Pay Range: $50k $60k annually
Placement fee: 6 %
Department: Business Litigation/Family Law
Under general supervision performs responsible and confidential secretarial work and routine administrative duties for attorneys and performs related duties as required.
- Must be a team player organized and able to multitask in an extremely fast paced environment
- Transcribes legal briefs correspondence letters and confidential memorandum
- Types a variety of legal documents from rough and oral drafts
- Court EFilings
- Answers telephone calls transfers calls to the appropriate staff and take messages in their absences
- Prepares maintains and confirms daily work calendars and schedule meetings and appointments
- Assists with travel arrangements internal correspondence reimbursements for attorneys paralegals
- Reads sorts and ensures incoming mail is timely delivered; ensures outgoing mail is processed
- Processes bills; proofs billing sheets; reviews and edits bills
- Maintain attorneys legal confidential and administrative files
Related Duties
- Assist other Attorneys and Legal Assistants within the Group
- Proactively manage contacts in Outlook and InterAction
Minimum Qualifications
Training and Experience
- Three to five years of legal assistance experience. Must type a minimum of 70 words per minutes.
Knowledge Abilities and Skill
- Comprehensive knowledge of modern legal office practices and procedures
- Considerable knowledge of legal documents preparation legal terminology and court procedures
- Comprehensive knowledge of MS Word MS Outlook Excel redline comparisons BigHand (digital dictation)
- Considerable knowledge of effective proofreading
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
Employment Type
Full Time
