Job Description
Mid-size law firm practicing in Immigration, Family, Criminal, and Civil Law matters is looking for a legal assistant to assist the firm with all-around duties to support the attorneys around the firm. Candidates should possess strong organizational skills, be methodical, punctual, presentable, articulate, have strong literacy skills, and take pride in the appearance and thoroughness of their work.
Duties:
*Answering phone calls from all incoming callers, including prospective and new clients, courts, opposing counsels, and vendors, and taking messages;
*Scanning all incoming and outgoing documentation to internal programs and servers;
*File all incoming mailed documents to the related hard files and matters;
*Calendaring deadline dates or review events for attorneys based on contents of received mailed notices;
*Assist with packaging and mailing time-sensitive documents and packages to their appropriate destinations
*Assist with making copies of any documentation dropped off by clients
*Assist with delivering time-sensitive documents or packages to courthouses or opposing counsels' offices
Skills/Qualifications:
Legal Administration Skills, Client Relationships, Organization, Planning, Attention to Detail, Dependability, Client Confidentiality. Bilingual skills are a plus
Company Description
Multi-disciplined medium size litigation practice, focusing on the rights of individuals in family, immigration, criminal defense and medium size businesses.
Multi-disciplined medium size litigation practice, focusing on the rights of individuals in family, immigration, criminal defense and medium size businesses.