Legal Assistant / Paralegal

Deneweth, Vittiglio & Sassak, P.C. seeks a Legal Assistant/Paralegal with 2 years of litigation experience. Our firm represents a variety of clients in the areas of commercial litigation, construction law, real estate transactions, and employment law. A paralegal certificate is preferred but not required. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package.

Responsibilities:

• Schedule appointments, makes travel and/or meeting arrangements, and maintains business calendars as needed.
• E-filing pleadings with the various courts
• E-recording documents with the various counties
• Prioritize assignments and prepare correspondence
• Transcription
• Prepare litigation related documents using a high level of secretarial and word processing related knowledge and skills.
• Efficiently proofreads and edits text for grammatical and typographical errors
• Prepares large volumes of documents and maintains the filing (both electronically and paper, as needed).
• Maintains confidentiality, assures work product is accurate and presented professionally, and makes efforts to foster a positive rapport with all internal and external contacts.

Qualifications:

• Must have advanced word processing skills and be able to use such tools as footnotes and redlining.
• Proficient use of Word, Outlook, Excel.
• High level of communication skills.
• Ability to organize and prioritize a high volume of tasks and complete them under significant time constraints.
• Ability to proofread typed material to eliminate grammatical, typographical and spelling errors.
• Must be a problem solver, willing to work and think with a degree of independence, handle confidential information with discretion, and accept responsibility for producing work that is consistently complete, timely, effective and accurate.
• Excellent organizational skills; detail oriented.
• Ability to adjust to frequent changes in assignments.
• Ability to work overtime when needed.