The Legal Practice Assistant collaborates directly with attorneys to provide word processing and administrative assistance. Extends support to other attorney team members as needed to ensure a balanced workload among the secretarial team.
Responsibilities:Essential Functions:
Creates, formats, revises, and proofs correspondence, client bills, and documents for accuracy and grammar, handling varied degrees of complexity
Provides phone support, interacting with both internal and external clients
Manages calendars, schedules and coordinates meetings or conferences, including facilities, catering, invitations, agendas and details
Organizes and maintains legal correspondence and document files according to Firm processes and systems
Coordinates conflict checks and the opening of new matters
Executes complex and confidential tasks, including maintaining client contacts, travel arrangements, compiling documents, assisting with new business presentations, entering attorney time, preparing expense reports and reconciling corporate credit card accounts
Handles and/or coordinates photocopying and scanning
Continuing education by actively pursuing opportunities to enhance skills and knowledge
Performs other tasks as assigned or required to meet the Firm’s goals and objectives
Qualifications, Experience and Personal Attributes: