Description Legal assistant opportunity with firm based in West Los AngelesRobert Half is proud to partner with an established firm with locations in West Los Angeles and one of the Beach Cities. This is an opportunity for an experienced legal assistant or legal secretary to work with a genuinely nice firm!This is a hybrid role. The legal assistant will be asked to come onsite at least two days a week after a short settling in period.Legal Assistant Responsibilities:
E-filing in state and federal court.
Organizing physical and electronic documents, records, and correspondence.
Creating, formatting, and prooing pleadings and correspondence.
Coordinating scheduling and calendaring for attorney meetings, court deadlines, depositions, etc.
Assisting with time and expense reports and coordinating client billing.
Preparing for depositions and trials – trial prep is crucial!
They have a paralegal that handles the calendar, but it’s helpful to have this skill.
Hours: 7.5 day, anything up to 8 hours is regular pay and afterwards it is overtime. Salaried, nonexempt. Generally, support staff begin the workday between 9:00 and 9:30 am.
Compensation, Benefits, Other Perks:
Salary range
5+ years would be 80-120k, with the higher range being 10+ years.
Annual compensation meetings.
Bonuses
Discretionary bonuses
The firm has a few matters on contingency and depending on those results/payouts the staff will receive spot bonuses throughout the year.
Medical, dental, and vision are covered at a large portion depending on the plan chosen for the employee, they have not raised rates for the staff.
MDV kick in the first of the month following hire.
PTO – 5.33 hours per pay period, caps out at just under 200 hours.
48 lump sum sick hours in first year, following year caps at 72 hours.
401k w/ no match, no profit share. Employees are rolled in automatically and can opt out.
Paid parking.
Requirements
5+ years of litigation experience, ideally with some insurance coverage exposure.
Commutable to Westwood or Manhattan Beach at least twice per week.
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