What are the responsibilities and job description for the Litigation Assistant (E-Filing) position at The Law Firm of Higbee & Associates?
National law firm seeks a qualified Litigation Legal Assistant with a great work ethic to join its team. This position is in our Nevada headquarters, in our Consumer Advocacy division.
ABOUT THE LAW FIRM
We are a rapidly growing law firm with 120 employees and in our 17th year. The law firm's goal is to not only have you play an important role in its success, but to also provide you with opportunities to develop your professional skills and be a part of a team of employees who have fun while working to solve problems for our clients.
Learn about our company culture by clicking the link below:
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General Job Description: Responsible for e-filing court documents and pleadings; mailing pleadings, correspondence, and other documents. Serves as general document support for the litigation department. Requires attention to detail and accurate documentation of filings and mail. Keeps administration staff, paralegals, and attorneys informed of the progress and status of filings.
Role in Mission: The primary person responsible for ensuring electronic, fax, and mail filings are filed in the correct format and timely.
Key Specific Duties:
- File pleadings with courts through various e-filing portals, by mail, email or by fax;
- Communicate with courts in various states to confirm how to file documents and to ensure filings have been received;
- Maintain answer filing spreadsheet to include filing dates and court filing methods;
- Notate client files with information regarding filings and mail;
- Manage multiple email inboxes;
- Apply postage, address, and send mail
- Perform other administrative duties as outlined by department supervisor
How success is measured:
- Ability to pay attention to detail
- Ability to efficiently manage a high volume of documents and filings
- Ability to be extremely organized
- Ability to use different web-based filing systems and software programs
- Ability to have great time management
- Ability to be flexible when priorities change quickly
- Ability to adapt to different tasks
- Ability to multi-task
- Ability to resolve conflicts with other staff
- Ability to work well with others and bring and maintain a positive attitude
Minimum Technical Requirements:
- Undergraduate degree preferred
- Mastery of the English language, both written and spoken
- Legal office experience a plus
- E-filing experience a plus (highly preferred)
Desired Skills:
- Attention to detail
- Extremely well organized
- Excellent time management
- Excellent ability to multi-task and to follow-up
- Able to take criticism well
- Interest/experience in the legal field
- Experience with data base software and Microsoft Office programs
IMPORTANT LEGAL MUMBO-JUMBO
We are an equal opportunity employer, meaning that we do not discriminate in favor of or against anyone based on age, race, religion, gender, ethnicity or any other legally protected class. Job description, duties and hours are subject to change. This is an at-will position.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $18.00 - $20.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
Application Question(s):
- Do you have any litigation experience?
- Do you have any STATE E-FILING experience?( CMECF) Please describe.
Experience:
- Microsoft Office: 1 year (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $18 - $20
