Litigation Legal Administrative Assistant- 3646158

Job Title: Litigation Legal Administrative Assistant

Location: Tampa FL 33602

Salary/Payrate: $75K-$82K annually and AWESOME benefits!!!

Work Environment: 100% onsite

Term: Permanent / Fulltime

Bachelor’s degree required: Preferred

Referral Fee: AMS will pay $500 should the person you refer gets
hired

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Litigation Legal Administrative Assistant will provide
support to approximately 5 Attorneys. This is a 100% onsite
position.

Primary Practice areas that you will be supporting are
Construction, Litigation and M&A

Candidates MUST HAVE State e-filing experience.

Responsibilities:

* Strong verbal and writing skills; wants to be part of a client
focused team helping clients handle legal issues.
* Capable of performing a variety of clerical and administrative
duties using various computer programs typically related to a
litigation practice by assisting attorneys in a supportive role.
* Prepares, processes, and proofreads legal documents; mails,
faxes, copies, and/or arranges for delivery of documents to
clients, witnesses, opposing counsel and court officials;
* Data management including maintaining and organizing Court
pleadings, discovery documents, emails, correspondence, and hard
copies in electronic databases for ease of retrieval using
moderate independent judgment;
* Coordinates and participates in document production;
* Obtains background information and reports on parties and
witnesses using the Westlaw and Lexis systems;
* Communicates with clients, court personnel, experts, attorneys
and others via telephone, email, in person, and in writing,
obtaining and giving information as directed;
* Assists with trial, deposition, and hearing preparation
including preparation of attorney notebooks, exhibits, and
related duties;
* Maintains supervisor(s) calendar electronically by scheduling
appointments, hearings, depositions, docketing critical dates
such as
* Court ordered pre-trial and discovery deadlines and keeping
supervisor posted of same;
* Opens and closes files, and electronically maintains client and
business files by filing and retrieving materials as required;
* Screens phone calls; records and delivers messages and provide
callers with information as authorized by attorney;
* Makes travel arrangements through the Firm’s designated Travel
Agency;
* Finalizing billing invoices reviewed and approved by
supervising attorneys for purpose of sending to client for
payment;
* Performs related duties as assigned.

Minimum Acceptable Qualifications:

* Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
* 5+ years of legal secretarial experience in a related area of
law.
* Ability to type 65 wpm – excellent spelling, punctuation and
grammar required and knowledge of legal terminology. May be
required to know real estate closing procedures and terminology.
* Competent in the use of computers and Microsoft Office Word,
Excel, Power Point and Microsoft Outlook.
* Excellent organizational skills and people skills.
* Ability to effectively communicate both orally and in writing.