LHH is assisting a is a highly experienced, multi-practice Texas law firm with more than 70 attorneys find a Senior Executive Litigation Legal Assistant for their downtown Austin, TX location. This person must have a high level of experience as a litigation legal assistant with at least 5-7 years of experience.
Benefits:
- Salary ranges from $70,000 - $85,000+ DOE
- Paid parking by Employer
- 401K
- Full medical, dental, and employee assistance insurance
- Hybrid schedule with a possible up to 2 days working remote
Requirements:
- Must have high level legal secretary experience supporting attorneys with schedules, calendaring, filings, billing, and time keeping.
- Will be supporting managing partner and 3 other partners but mostly managing partner.
- Draft, format, and revise various types of legal, agency, and business documents; ensure accuracy of documents.
- Provide superior customer service to clients, vendors, and colleagues.
- Schedule and coordinate depositions, court reporters, and videographers.
- Input information into a time and billing and document management systems.
- Calendar deadlines from incoming mail, pleadings, and hearings.
- Open new matters utilizing firm computer program; prepare physical files for new matters; gather necessary information to complete conflicts checks, perform conflict of interest checks, and maintain all client and general files.
- Prepare files and submit court filings through State and Federal Courts.
- Perform e-filing/service of legal documents and make service on opposing parties.
- Schedule appointments, receive and make calls, open and sort mail, make travel arrangements, submit reimbursements/expense reports, and perform other administrative duties as assigned.
- Maintain privacy rules by not revealing client information.
- Familiar with enterprise time and billing systems, preferably SurePoint (LMS), Chrome River, and ITimekeep.
Firm is very aggressive in hiring the right person as soon as possible. If you meet all the requirements above, please apply or contact me directly at