Litigation Legal Assistant

LITIGATION LEGAL ASSISTANT

FORT LAUDERDALE

ON-SITE FULL TIME

SALARY MID 60'S

Career opportunity for a talented Legal Assistant with a background in litigation to join a top Florida law firms' group in their Fort Lauderdale office. The firm offers a great work environment, market competitive salary with a comprehensive benefits package, including discretionary yearly bonus. If you are a mid-level legal assistant and want to advance to a larger firm, working on interesting cases, please apply now!

SUMMARY: MUST BE ABLE TO PERFORM ALL DUTIES

• Must be able to work independently for the litigation department.
• Must be knowledgeable with Civil Rules of Procedures.
• Experience in State and Federal courts.
• Must be able to complete the steps to file a complaint from start to finish in State & Federal Courts.
• Calendaring all dates in a trial order.
• Must be able to retrieve dockets from both State and Federal Courts?
• Experience retrieving research from other state and governmental databases, (i.e. Sunbiz, Papa)
• Experience setting special set hearings, scheduling court reporters, mediations, etc.
• Familiarity with time entry systems, prebills and legal Billing.
• Knowledge of MS Office programs including outlook, word and excel.
• Knowledge of Adobe.
• Familiarity with document management systems, specifically Filesite or similar.

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