Come join a boutique firm in downtown Marietta, Georgia. Terrific opportunity to work in a progressive environment supporting two attorneys in Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury cases.

Duties:

• Interacts with clients, witnesses and experts, communicating with professionalism, respectfulness and tact.
• Drafts and edits documents, including discovery and pleading shells and correspondence.
• Opens, scans and manages all incoming mail/email communication.
• Opens new files, performs conflict checks.
• Drafts acknowledgment or engagement letter/email to client.
• Reviews expert and other invoices and routes for payment, tracks to completion.
• Mails/emails/uploads letters, documents, and packages to various parties via Certified, Registered USPS, FedEx, courier service, or portal.
• Properly files legal documents with the Courts and cc/bcc’s appropriate parties.
• Organizes medical records and prepares expert packages, transfers appropriately.
• Maintains organization of physical and electronic files.
• Maintains accurate client information and updates as appropriate.
• Maintains attorney calendars with due dates for answers, depositions and other pleadings, hearings, and trial calendars.
• Closes and prepares files for storage.
• May be asked to perform other duties as assigned.

Skills Required:

• Understanding and application of legal terminology.
• Ability to work efficiently and adhere to deadlines.
• Strong grammatical skills to edit legal writing, and ability to format documents to conform with court rules.
• Understanding of various legal documents for litigation practice: Requests for Production of Documents, Responses to Interrogatories, Certificates of Service, Motions and other pleadings in State Court, Federal Court, and Appellate Court.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Proficiency with or ability to learn Dropbox, CasePeer, Ciox, MRO, Nextiva, and Quickbooks.
• Knowledge of and proficiency in e-filing in the various e-filing platforms: Peach Court, Odyssey, Pacer, and Federal e-file.
• Ability to manage cases with little or no assistance.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, organization, attention to detail, proofreading ability.
• Ability to demonstrate impeccable integrity in confidential matters.
• Interpersonal skills necessary in order to communicate with a diverse group of attorneys, staff, and clients and to provide or obtain information with ordinary courtesy, diplomacy and tact.
• Accurate typing ability of 80 wpm and comprehensive computer and office equipment experience.
• Work occasionally requires more than 40 hours per week to perform the essential duties.
• Work requires sitting, bending, stooping, computer keyboarding and continuous use of hands, telephone contact, reading, and may require lifting of 25 lbs. or more.
• Work may require traveling to offsite locations for collection of materials or filing of documents; therefore, work may require driving.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $60,000.00 - $70,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Disability insurance
• Free parking
• Health insurance
• Opportunities for advancement
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Travel requirement:

• No travel

Ability to Relocate:

• Marietta, GA 30064: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person