What are the responsibilities and job description for the Legal Assistant position at Apollo ITS?
Job Title : Legal Assistant
Location : Knoxville, TN
Duration : 10 Months
Job Description :
- Experience as Paralegal or Legal Assistant for attorney or law firm that handles litigation.
- Minimum of 2 years working as a paralegal or legal assistant preferred.
- Some college experience, preferably graduate of a Paralegal program.
- Drafting legal pleadings using templates or copying example pleadings. Filing documents with courts and interacting with court clerk offices.
- Making / sending service copies by certified mail, making arrangements with process server when needed.
- Scheduling court reporters for court hearings and trials.
- Helping prepare trial exhibits and witness list.
- Organizing and maintaining legal files, both hard copy and electronic.
- Proficiency with building, updating, and maintaining spreadsheets, and working efficiently in multiple data bases.
- Timely management of casework, including proper documentation and case resolution. Research / review / gather information for cases and document findings accurately.
- Outreach to internal / external customers for case information and remain professional at all times.
- Use Excel to track action and status updates on cases.
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to send clear, concise emails and respond in a timely manner.
- Be flexible and adaptable to changing work demands / tasks.
- Organization and diligent attention to detail is required.
- Proofreads all documents and written communications.
- Utilizes good time management, note-taking, email organization and distribution skills.
- Timely and efficiently process, index, and file documents.
- Attend staff meetings and participate in discussions.
- Maintain confidentiality and security of documents. Complete miscellaneous tasks as assigned by supervising attorney. Skills :
- Addressing
- Administative Assistant
- Adobe Acrobat
- Appointment Setting
- Correspondence - Email
- Correspondence - General
- Customer Service
- Customer Service Skills
- Data Entry
