What are the responsibilities and job description for the Litigation Legal Assistant position at Norris McLaughlin, P.A.?
Essential Functions:
The Litigation Legal Assistant supports attorneys in the Litigation Practice Group by typing, drafting, revising, and formatting pleadings, motions, correspondence, discovery, and other legal documents; E-filing all court documents in state, federal court and appellate courts; maintaining pleading and discovery binders and all incoming mail; managing calendars and assisting in meeting deadlines; communicating with clients, courts, and attorneys; opening new files, preparing conflicts checks and drafting engagement letters; processing monthly billing and time entry.
Other Duties/Responsibilities:
- Perform other administrative duties as assigned in support of attorneys.
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Minimum 3-5 years of litigation legal administrative assistant experience required.
- State (NJ) and Federal e-filings experience required.
- Proficient with MS Office Suite, including advanced use of MS Word (including redlining, comparing documents, advanced formatting, Table of Contents and Table of Authorities creation and manipulation, and hyperlinks).
- Proficiency in the use of document management systems (iManage preferred)
- Excellent written and verbal communication and organizational skills and very detail- oriented.
- Typing
Education and Experience:
- Minimum of 3-5 years as a legal assistant in a law firm required.
- Associate degree a plus.
Salary : $70,000 - $80,000
