Legal Assistant

Scott & Associates, P.C., operating in partnership with S&A Legal Management Services, Inc., is a legal recoveries organization committed to providing exceptional legal representation to industry clients.

We pledge to provide distinctive quality and unparalleled service. Each employee is essential to fulfilling our mission and achieving our vision through hard work, dedication, and a collaborative spirit.

We are currently seeking Legal Assistants to join our Litigation team full-time in our Hatboro, PA office.

Job Responsibilities

• Prepare, review, and assemble all legal documents
• Process incoming legal documents
• Obtain legal documents from court websites
• Assist with docket management
• Communicate with courts, opposing counsel, and process servers
• Track and receive all media, affidavits, and pleadings
• Generate and track all judgment documents
• Enter all applicable information into the firm's case management system
• 2 years of administrative or legal support experience preferred

Minimum Qualifications

• Knowledge of legal principles and legal terminology.
• Ability to be detail-oriented, diligent, and flexible
• Ability to handle conflicting time demands and focus on task completion with little direction or need for supervisory follow-up
• Proficient with MS Office (Word, Outlook, Excel).
• Ability to work with databases and Adobe PDF documents.
• Excellent interpersonal and analytical skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality professionally.
• Qualified candidates must be energetic, reliable, detail-oriented, able to prioritize to meet goals, and possess good problem-solving skills.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers; handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.

Note

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.