Legal Practice Assistant

Salary: $70-85K

• Maintain attorney's calendar; follow-up as needed and confirm various meetings throughout the workday
• Manage attorney phone calls, including receiving/screening calls and setting up conference calls
• Type, transcribe and revise all communications and legal documents including memoranda, correspondence, legal documents, charts and tables using various word processing software
• Participate in weekly meetings and manage the agenda and minutes
• Proofread all work for both content and context
• Make extensive travel arrangements
• In conjunction with Finance, process invoices, bills and net recovery distributions
• Prepare and submit conflict checks and New Matter Intake Forms
• Open, organize, prepare and maintain client and office files both in electronic and paper filing systems
• Use the Firm's docketing program. Enter all required scheduling and dates in the program
• Electronically file documents with the courts
• Fill out, revise and/or update information for Status Reports
• Coordinate CLE training classes
• Process attorneys' weekly time summaries and expense reports and meet the weekly deadline for reporting such items to ensure that attorney records are processed in a timely manner
• Monitor emails for both self and attorneys being supported
• Coordinate, schedule and docket/calendar meetings, court reporters, conference calls and client tasks
• Maintain client contact lists for marketing events