Litigation Legal Assistant Position Available In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Job Description:

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Salary:

$50,000 – $70,000 per year A bit about us: Ourclient is a Pittsburgh headquartered law firm with multiple officesacross several states, providing services to clients nationwide.

Their clientele includes large corporations, privately-heldcompanies, municipal entities, small businesses, and partnershipsacross various industries and sectors. Their attorneys arededicated to addressing matters practically and efficiently,ensuring that each client’s needs are met in the best possiblemanner. Why join us? Our client offers a collegial work environmentwith competitive salary and benefits, including a hybrid workschedule health, dental, and vision insurance, life and long-termdisability insurance, and a 401(k) program. Job Details Our clientis seeking a highly motivated and experienced Legal Assistant toprovide secretarial and administrative support for multipleattorneys in multiple practice groups. Primary practice groupswould include white collar litigation, health care fraud, andcommercial litigation while secondary practice groups includeproduct liability, insurance defense, and employment law.

Jobresponsibilities would include:

Transcribing, composing,formatting, editing, proofreading, and finalizing all forms ofdocuments, correspondence, pleadings, and reports. Opening of newfiles, file set up and organization, preparing conflicts checks,and updating glance sheets and litigation profiles as needed.

Preparing and filing of pleadings such as Appearances, Answers, andall pretrial and dispositive Motions in state and federal courts.

Coordinating, maintaining, and calendaring upcoming trial dates,arbitrations, jury trials, depositions, inspections, and allcorresponding status notes. Managing incoming mail, entering dailytime entries, submitting vendor invoices for payment. Maintainattorney calendars, travel arrangements, and expense reporting.

Reviewing and editing prebills per client guidelines. The idealcandidate must have the following skills for consideration: Atleast 5 years’ experience assisting attorneys in complex litigationareas such as white collar litigation, health care fraud,commercial litigation, product liability, insurance defense, andemployment law. Experience with both State and Federal courts,including knowledge of CM/ECF filings in PA and NJ. Strongattention to detail in all work. Ability to manage multiple filesand to prioritize workloads to effectively meet all deadlines.

Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability tointeract professionally with all levels of management, staff andclients. Forward thinking, organized, and a team player. Ability toindependently solve problems and exercise sound judgment withminimal direction. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products -Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. Experience with iManage ⪻olaw a plus. Interested in hearing more? Easy Apply now byclicking the “Apply Now” button. Jobot is an Equal OpportunityEmployer. We provide an inclusive work environment that celebratesdiversity and all qualified candidates receive consideration foremployment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex,national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteranstatus, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or anyother characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Sometimes Jobot is required to perform background checks with yourauthorization. Jobot will consider qualified candidates withcriminal histories in a manner consistent with any applicablefederal, state, or local law regarding criminal backgrounds,including but not limited to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiativefor Hiring and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.