Job Description
Job Description
Job Description
Experienced Legal Assistant
Prominent South Florida Law Firm seeks an experienced Legal Assistant with a minimum of 3-5 years experience. Must be able to work in a fast-paced, deadline intensive, high-volume caseload environment with multiple attorneys. Must be detail-oriented, organized, self-sufficient and independent but also a team player. Hybrid remote position, with in-person office work required for hearing and trial preparations. Very competitive pay based upon experience along with good benefits. Duties include communication with clients, discovery compliances, discovery review, deposition/hearing/trial preparation, drafting of motions and responses, calendaring, e-filing, and scheduling.
Responsibilities
- Provide legal and administrative support to lawyers and enhance office efficiency.
- Assist with communication with clients, witnesses, opposing counsel, and judicial assistants, etc.
- Keep clients and attorneys moving forward with discovery deadlines.
- Identify, organize, and label discovery documents for production. Prepare discovery responses, including financial affidavits.
- Coordinate hearings, depositions and mediation with client, court and witnesses.
- Review divisional instructions and calendar hearing deadlines for scheduled matters for hearing within the timeline/instructions of the assigned judge.
- Trial preparation.
- Monitor and manage calendar events and deadlines for multiple attorneys.
- Save emails, client/court documents to client file.
- Answer and direct phone calls.
- In office attendance for case preparations, office meetings and other projects.
Skills
- 3-5 years experience as a legal assistant (Family Law or other Litigation experience preferred). Needs to be able to hit the ground running with task and assignments.
- Familiarity legal procedures, protocols, deadlines and court requirements.
- Ability to work for multiple attorneys in a fast-paced, deadline intensive, high-volume caseload environment.
- Detailed oriented, organized with the ability to focus despite interruptions.
- Proficiency in English.
- Working knowledge of case management and billing software.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to adapt to different personalities and work styles.
Benefit Conditions:
- Waiting period may apply.
Work Remotely
- Mostly remote work from home, however, will be required to be in office for case preparations, office meetings and other projects.
This Job is Ideal for Someone Who Is:
- Dependable -- more reliable than spontaneous.
- People-oriented -- enjoys interacting with people and working on group projects.
- Detail-oriented -- would rather focus on the details of work than the bigger picture.
- High stress tolerance -- thrives in a high-pressure environment.
- Motivated -- can anticipate the needs of the attorney.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: $50,000.00 - $65,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
Schedule:
Education:
- College or equivalent (Preferred)
Experience:
- Legal Assistant 3-5 years (Required)
License/Certification:
- Legal Assistant degree (Required)
- Work Location: Multiple Locations
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Offices in Boca Raton and Miami. This is a hybrid-remote position, __you will be required to be in office for training, and as required for hearing/trial preparation.
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Boca Raton and Miami