Job Description

Prestigious, national, full-service law firm with 500+ attorneys is seeking a Litigation Legal Administrative Assistant to support the Managing Partner for their San Antonio office.

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent customer service: answer phone lines and communicate with clients.
• Draft standard pleadings, correspondence, memoranda, and other documents.
• Perform e-filings, prepare pleadings notebooks, update indexes, and prepare exhibits.
• Maintain and organize files.
• Participate in the timely review and submission of prebills and/or client bills.
• Accurately file court documents both electronically and in document form, and determine and follow any local or judge specific requirements related to same.
• Coordinate and make arrangements for travel and meetings.
• Accurately prepare and submit client intake forms.
• Regularly update client files, notebooks, and pleading indices.
• Maintain attorney-specific case lists, charts, and status of cases and outcomes.
• Enter, review, and revise timesheets accurately.
• Proofread all documents to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Understand and comply with office policies concerning file management, case lists, filing, and recordkeeping.
• Effectively manage and monitor calendaring of deadlines and key dates.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of Litigation Legal Administrative experience.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Large firm experience is a plus.
• Proficient knowledge of legal documents, formatting, table of contents and table of authorities, styles, track changes, inserting and labeling pdf documents, and converting pdf documents to Word.
• Strong computer proficiency in the use of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
• Experience working with a Document Management System (iManage experience a plus).
• Experience with time entry, e-Filing, and database software.

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