What are the responsibilities and job description for the Legal Assistant position at Burt Barr & Associates, LLP?
We are seeking a Legal Assistant to become a part of our team! Long-time established Dallas Litigation Boutique in the Downtown/Kessler Park Area is seeking applications for a legal assistant with paralegal capabilities to provide overall support to attorneys' business needs.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain calendars
- Attend to scheduling details
- Interact with clients and third-party vendors
- Conduct research to support legal proceedings
- Assist with the drafting and reviewing of legal documents
- Investigate facts to help in the negotiation of legal disputes
- Monitor and ensure compliance with state and federal regulations
- Record and store client information
Qualifications:
- Minimum of 5 of litigation experience in the fields of insurance, construction defect, commercial, premises, and general civil litigation.
- Trial experience, electronic filing experience, the ability to prepare trial and hearing notebooks, assimilate and prepare exhibits.
- Ability to draft pleadings and discovery, answer discovery, summarize depositions, medical records, and other records, including construction defect files.
- Ability to organize files, understand insurance carrier guidelines and billing requirements, and prepare reports to insurance carriers and clients.
- Familiarity with legal research
- Ability to prioritize and multitask
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Deadline and detail-oriented
Salary : $45,000 - $60,000
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