What are the responsibilities and job description for the Litigation Legal Assistant position at Sanford Barrows Group?
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.
PLEASE RESPOND WITH RESUME ATTACHED. ALL INQUIRIES ARE CONFIDENTIAL.
