Litigation Legal Assistant
Fawkes IDMNewark, NJ
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Job Description
Responsibilities:
- Transcribes legal briefs, correspondence, letters, minutes of meetings, and confidential memorandum
- Types a variety of legal documents from rough and oral drafts; relays instructions to other staff and attorneys as directed by the supervisor
- Assists with travel arrangements, internal correspondence (requisitions, reimbursements, etc.) for attorneys, paralegals
- Prepares, maintains and confirms daily work calendars and schedule meetings and appointments
- Reads, sorts and dates incoming mail and ensures outgoing mail is timely delivered; if necessary routes mail to a specific delivery services
- Processes bills; proofs billing sheets; reviews and edits bills
- Maintain supervisor’s legal confidential and administrative files
Requirements
- 3+ years of legal assistance experience.
- Must type a minimum of 70 words per minutes.
- Comprehensive knowledge of modern legal office practices and procedures.
- Considerable knowledge of legal documents preparation, legal terminology and court procedures.
- Comprehensive knowledge of MS office products, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, document production, Adobe Professional, redline comparisons, digital dictation.
- Considerable knowledge of effective proofreading