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Legal Administrative Assistant | $19-21/hr

Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm

A Sioux City area law firm is seeking a highly motivated, organized, and detail-oriented Legal Administrative Assistant to join their team! The ideal candidate will provide essential administrative and clerical support to their attorneys and paralegals, ensuring the smooth and efficient operation of the office. This role requires a professional demeanor, exceptional communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced legal environment. 

Responsibilities:

• Provide general legal secretarial support to assigned attorney(s), including, but not limited to, transcription and other document preparation in Word, proofreading, copying, scanning, faxing, mailing/shipping, filing, and telephone support.
• Maintain attorney’s calendar.
• Ongoing maintenance of case lists
• Open, sort, scan, and deliver mail.
• Serve as notary public
• Schedule conference rooms for attorneys’ meetings with receptionist. Set up beverages and food as required.  Clean conference room after meetings.
• Ensure that attorney(s) have necessary office supplies.
• Back up other secretaries when needed.
• Back up reception desk when needed.
• Provide new file information and file information updates to ensure file opening and proper conflicts checks.
• Organize and close out files. Assist in transfer of files to storage.  Assist in document disposal.
• Work with accounting personnel as needed.
• Communicate regularly with coworkers using Outlook email.
• Comply with firm policies and procedures.
• Attend staff meetings.
• Maintain a professional appearance and demeanor at all times. Respond in a courteous and helpful manner to all client and firm concerns.
• Protect confidential information at all times. Adherence to attorney code of ethics.
• Perform other duties as assigned by attorneys or Chief Operating Officer.

Requirements:

• High School Diploma
• AA Degree preferred, or relative experience required
• Ability to consistently sit, reach, grasp and pinch in relationship to tasks associated with clerical duties and answering the phones.
• Ability to consistently do intense visual work with a high level of concentration when proofreading and filing documents, and other detail-oriented tasks.
• Ability to consistently communicate effectively when relying on messages and interacting with clients, attorneys and coworkers.
• Ability to frequently deliver documents, files, mail, messages, etc. to appropriate attorney(s), and departments.
• Ability to occasionally transport materials weighing up to fifty (50) pounds throughout the building.
• Ability to occasionally travel to required locations throughout the city.

Benefits & Pay: