Description Legal Assistants directly support lawyers and occasionally oversee other legal staff, such as file clerks or legal secretaries.The ideal Legal Assistant will have sound technical and computer knowledge as well as excellent analytical, communication and organizational skills.In some cases, law firms prefer three to five years of legal experience in a law firm or other corporate legal department.How you will make an impact
Maintain organization for matter management and record keeping
Review copied documents and compare them to their originals
Scout and retrieve electronic documents from a variety of court and agency web sites
Word processing, filing and faxing
Keep e-documents and files organized
Examine documents to ensure they're ready for photocopying/scanning
Organize computer database input and retrieval
Bring together documents and assemble data as directed by lawyers and paralegals
Write correspondence and memorandum
Perform legal research and investigative tasks, including obtaining information or documents from outside parties, as directed Requirements - Investigating the factual evidence of a transaction or case and preparing exhibits, charts and diagrams to display information
Organizing and tracking files for important transactions or case documents, including pleadings and voluminous discovery documents; creating and maintaining a case-management database
Drafting legal court documents, such as pleadings, motions, affidavits and subpoenas; transactional documents, such as trusts, wills, contracts and real estate leases; and closing documents
Experience assisting lawyers in preparing for transactional closings, depositions, hearings, trials and conferences; completing many administrative tasks, including, working on individual cases or transactions
Conducting routine discovery
Expertise in e-Filing
Comprehensive knowledge of e-file
Calendaring experience
Strong familiarity with Schedule Appointments
Well-founded grasp of Draft Legal Documents
Schedule Depositions experience preferred
Proven knowledge of Calendar Management
1+ years of previous legal work experience and a dedication to integrity
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