Offit Kurman, a growing full-service law firm, is seeking a Legal Administrative Assistant to join its New York, NY office. Candidates must possess 5 years prior experience supporting litigation and have a strong ability to quickly learn new tasks and procedures.

Specific Responsibilities include:

• File Openings: drafting initial engagement letters, following up with New File for approval, emailing to client and returning executed documents to New File.
• Complete and track expense reports, credit card reconciliations, and reimbursements.
• Calendar maintenance.
• File maintenance, both paper and electronic.
• Filing documents with various courts.
• Organize and maintain filing and retrieval systems.
• Prepare and draft a variety of legal documents.

Qualifications:

• 5 years supporting litigation. Knowledge of litigation documents, e-filing, court rules and procedures.
• Familiar with NY Court Systems and E-filing.
• Proactive work style and analytical skills: able to read, review, verify and route correspondence, reports and legal documents.
• Strong production skills with ability to produce accurate work product when transcribing tapes, formatting documents, inputting data, editing, copying, scanning and transmitting text, data and graphics.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent client service skills with proven record of building effective relationships with both internal and external clients.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office 2017 (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint), Internet research skills, document management systems, attorney time entry software.
• Pay range: $70,000 - $80,000

Offit Kurman is one of the fastest-growing, full-service law firms in the United States. Offit Kurman offers a collegial, comfortable, and professional work environment, as well as competitive salary and benefits, to include Paid Time Off and 401(k) matching. We are a proud EEO employer and we are committed to a diverse workforce.

Please note that the base salary range is a guideline, and individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level and competencies.

**This role is NOT open to agency submissions at this time.