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Legal Assistant Corporate and Litigation
Prestigious National Law Firm is seeking a Legal Assistant with corporate transactional and litigation experience for their Miami office.
Legal Assistant Job Description
- Format, type and proof complex legal documents using redlining applications
- Manage internal and client deadlines
- Prepare and edit correspondence, minutes of meetings and other legal documents from written, oral and dictated sources
- Maintain and properly close and/or purge files; scan and file Firm and Client correspondence and legal documents into I-Manage
- Prepare new business records, engagement letters
- Input and edit attorney's time and review pre-bills
- Schedule meetings and make travel arrangements
- Answer telephone, distribute messages; set up conference calls; send and receive emails and faxes; resolve issues as needed; open, sort and distribute mail
- Reconcile expense reimbursements; process check and petty cash requests
Legal Assistant Requirements
- Minimum of 3 years of legal secretarial experience in Corporate and litigation
- Must have excellent proofreading, document formatting and redlining skills
- Must pay close attention to detail and be extremely organized
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- High degree of initiative and ability to plan, prioritize and manage multiple tasks
- Must be punctual and reliable
- Ability to work in a fast paced team environment
- Flexibility to work overtime
- Microsoft Office 2016 knowledge with Excel, Outlook and advance knowledge of Word functions
- Familiarity with using an electronic document management system, such as I-Manage
Similar Job Titles
- Paralegal Corporate
- Legal Secretary Corporate
- Legal Assistant Corporate
- Paralegal Civil Litigation
- Legal Assistant Civil Litigation
- Legal Assistant Business Litigation
If you are interested in this outstanding opportunity or know anyone qualified, please contact Lilliana del Real with Legal Search Solutions at Lillidr@TopLawJobs.com
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