Position: Legal Assistant

Location: Richmond, VA

Work Type: Full Time/Permanent

Responsibilities:

• Preparation of legal documents such as letters, correspondence, briefs, and pleadings
• General utilization and submission of clerical and administrative forms such as check requests and expense reports
• Coordination of conference calls, video conferences and other interpersonal communication as requested.
• Preparation of mailings
• Coordination of large-scale document jobs with Office Services
• As requested per attorney daily monitoring of deadlines, calendars, voicemails, answering of phone
• Assist attorneys with trial preparation and provide trial support as requested
• Maintain client files
• Copying and scanning of documents
• Open and closing of client matters
• Provide general assistance firmwide as a member of the legal support team as needed
• Performs other related duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Strong verbal and written skills
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to prioritize tasks and multitask
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Ability to function well in a high paced environment
• Knowledge of legal terminology and state and federal procedures
• Aptitude for learning new applications, systems and processes
• Proficient with electronic court filing preferred
• Proficient with Microsoft Office365 and Adobe
• Proficient with document management systems, iManage preferred
• Proficient with redlining, track changes, table of authorities and table of contents preferred

Experience:

• Minimum two years of experience as an assistant, preferably in a law firm environment