Description

Part-time Legal Assistant

Hall Prangle & Schoonveld is seeking an experienced Part-time Legal Assistant in their Salt Lake City office. HPS is a leading national trial defense law firm with a longstanding reputation for our success at trial, especially in high-exposure cases related to healthcare law.

Qualifications:

• 3 years as a Legal Assistant within a law firm supporting attorneys practicing medical malpractice defense litigation or other defense litigation.
• Knowledge of concepts, terminology, principles and procedures of the law.
• Knowledge of functions and jurisdictions of local, state and federal courts and related agencies.
• Highly proficient using MS Office Suites: Word, Excel, Outlook, Billing Software, and On-Line Document Management Software.
• Proficiency with electronic filing procedures in State Courts, including Utah Courts, as well as Federal Courts.
• Expertise in using Outlook Calendars for scheduling and maintaining attorneys' busy court schedules.
• Experience in creating and maintaining documents, formatting, inputting, editing, retrieving, and copying; coordinating case preparation.
• Must be highly organized, able to multitask and juggle competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong time management skills and strong attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.

Responsibilities:

• Maintains attorneys' calendar.
• Schedules court appearances, client meetings, depositions and other engagements. Ensures there are no scheduling conflicts and notifies attorneys of pending deadlines.
• Serves as intermediary between attorneys, firm personnel and the courts, relaying communications between each group.
• Generates all correspondence.
• Assists with logging and distributing of incoming and outgoing mail.
• Prepares and sends notices of filings/hearings, motions, and subpoenas to appropriate parties.
• Maintains client files, records, logs and any other information in relation to case file.
• Runs the day-to-day administrative operations of the Salt Lake City office, greeting all visitors, answering phone calls and transferring to the appropriate line.
• Prepare conference rooms for meetings, depositions, internal events, etc. and tidy them up upon conclusion.

Hall Prangle & Schoonveld, LLC is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Only applicants meeting the above-noted experience level and skills will be considered. This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. No third party or recruiting agency resumes will be accepted.

Job Type: Part-time, 25 hours/week