What are the responsibilities and job description for the Collections Legal Assistant position at Haley & Olson PC?
Job Summary
We are seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented Legal Assistant to support our legal team predominately in our collections and Bankruptcy practice, with periodic overflow assistance to our litigation practice. The ideal candidate will possess strong clerical skills, exceptional organizational abilities, and a passion for legal research. This role requires a proactive individual who can manage multiple tasks efficiently while maintaining a high level of accuracy.
Primary Duties
- Assist attorneys in preparing legal form documents, including demand letters, pleadings, motions, and contracts.
- Maintain organized case files.
- Manage conflicting priorities and meet all critical client and legal deadlines.
- Communicate effectively with individuals in all roles and levels including staff attorneys, peer legal support staff, clients, debtors, court personnel, experts, and other parties involved in legal matters.
- Perform clerical duties such as filing, data entry, and managing schedules for attorneys.
Experience
- 3 Years Previous experience as a Legal Assistant or in a similar role is preferred.
- Completion of an accredited Paralegal program preferred.
- Familiarity with various areas of law including creditors rights, collections, bankruptcy, contract law, and civil litigation is a plus.
- Familiarity with common civil legal processes, and general law office flow is essential.
- Strong typing skills at high accuracy coupled with exceptional proofreading ability in fast-paced environment critical.
- Experience with administrative file management is a must.
We are a medium size law firm with a wide variety of Civil practice areas. While basic administrative tasks are a natural requirements, we strive to maintained a balanced administrative support tasks to enable to the legal assistants to focus more of critical legal tasks. Also, at Haley & Olson, while you would be expected to focus and master a particular area, for Legal Assistants and Paralegals always seeking to grow, there are amply opportunities to touch on and grown in a variety of areas of the law with us!
**Please note, pay listed is starting. Pay is dependent upon experience relevant to position.**
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $35,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- AD&D insurance
- Dental insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid sick time
- Paid time off
- Profit sharing
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
Work Location: In person
Salary : $35,000