Legal Administrative Assistant Litigation

Company: Offit Kurman
Location: New York
Posted on: May 9, 2024

Job Description:

Offit Kurman, a growing full-service law firm, is seeking a Legal Administrative Assistant to join its New York, NY office. Candidates must possess 5 years prior experience supporting litigation and have a strong ability to quickly learn new tasks and procedures.
Specific Responsibilities include:

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• File Openings: drafting initial engagement letters, following up with New File for approval, emailing to client and returning executed documents to New File.
  
• Complete and track expense reports, credit card reconciliations, and reimbursements.
  
• Calendar maintenance.
  
• File maintenance, both paper and electronic.
  
• Filing documents with various courts.
  
• Organize and maintain filing and retrieval systems.
  
• Prepare and draft a variety of legal documents.
  
  Qualifications:
  
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  • 5 years supporting litigation. Knowledge of litigation documents, e-filing, court rules and procedures.
    
  • Familiar with NY Court Systems and E-filing.
    
  • Proactive work style and analytical skills: able to read, review, verify and route correspondence, reports and legal documents.
    
  • Strong production skills with ability to produce accurate work product when transcribing tapes, formatting documents, inputting data, editing, copying, scanning and transmitting text, data and graphics.
    
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
    
  • Excellent client service skills with proven record of building effective relationships with both internal and external clients.
    
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office 2017 (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint), Internet research skills, document management systems, attorney time entry software.
    
  • Pay range: $70,000 - $80,000
    
    Offit Kurman is one of the fastest-growing, full-service law firms in the United States. Offit Kurman offers a collegial, comfortable, and professional work environment, as well as competitive salary and benefits, to include Paid Time Off and 401(k) matching. We are a proud EEO employer and we are committed to a diverse workforce.
    Please note that the base salary range is a guideline, and individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level and competencies.
    **This role is NOT open to agency submissions at this time.

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