Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Experienced Legal Assistant

Prominent South Florida Law Firm seeks an experienced Legal Assistant with a minimum of 3-5 years experience. Must be able to work in a fast-paced, deadline intensive, high-volume caseload environment with multiple attorneys. Must be detail-oriented, organized, self-sufficient and independent but also a team player. Hybrid remote position, with in-person office work required for hearing and trial preparations. Very competitive pay based upon experience along with good benefits. Duties include communication with clients, discovery compliances, discovery review, deposition/hearing/trial preparation, drafting of motions and responses, calendaring, e-filing, and scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal and administrative support to lawyers and enhance office efficiency.
• Assist with communication with clients, witnesses, opposing counsel, and judicial assistants, etc.
• Keep clients and attorneys moving forward with discovery deadlines.
• Identify, organize, and label discovery documents for production. Prepare discovery responses, including financial affidavits.
• Coordinate hearings, depositions and mediation with client, court and witnesses.
• Review divisional instructions and calendar hearing deadlines for scheduled matters for hearing within the timeline/instructions of the assigned judge.
• Trial preparation.
• Monitor and manage calendar events and deadlines for multiple attorneys.
• Save emails, client/court documents to client file.
• Answer and direct phone calls.
• In office attendance for case preparations, office meetings and other projects.

Skills

• 3-5 years experience as a legal assistant (Family Law or other Litigation experience preferred). Needs to be able to hit the ground running with task and assignments.
• Familiarity legal procedures, protocols, deadlines and court requirements.
• Ability to work for multiple attorneys in a fast-paced, deadline intensive, high-volume caseload environment.
• Detailed oriented, organized with the ability to focus despite interruptions.
• Proficiency in English.
• Working knowledge of case management and billing software.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to adapt to different personalities and work styles.

Benefit Conditions:

• Waiting period may apply.

Work Remotely

• Mostly remote work from home, however, will be required to be in office for case preparations, office meetings and other projects.

This Job is Ideal for Someone Who Is:

• Dependable -- more reliable than spontaneous.
• People-oriented -- enjoys interacting with people and working on group projects.
• Detail-oriented -- would rather focus on the details of work than the bigger picture.
• High stress tolerance -- thrives in a high-pressure environment.
• Motivated -- can anticipate the needs of the attorney.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $50,000.00 - $65,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Education:

• College or equivalent (Preferred)

Experience:

• Legal Assistant 3-5 years (Required)

License/Certification:

• Legal Assistant degree (Required)
• Work Location: Multiple Locations

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Offices in Boca Raton and Miami. This is a hybrid-remote position, you will be required to be in office for training, and as required for hearing/trial preparation.

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Boca Raton and Miami

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