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Buchanan

Legal Practice Assistant

Pay: Not specified

Posted: 2 weeks ago

Location: 2 locations (Onsite)

Last Updated: 2 days ago

Hours: Full-Time

Expires: 10/5/2026

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Job Description

Legal Practice Assistant at Buchanan Legal Practice Assistant at Buchanan in RICHLAND, Mississippi Posted in 8 days ago.

Type:

full-time

Job Description:

A highly prestigious Am Law firm with a strong national reputation and sophisticated client base is seeking a talented Legal Practice Assistant to join its Jackson, Mississippi office. This is an exciting opportunity to support the firm's Wills & Estates, Corporate, and M&A practices while working alongside accomplished attorneys on sophisticated matters.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide high-level administrative and legal support, including calendar management, scheduling, travel, filing, and document management. Coordinate multiple matters, deadlines, workflows, data rooms, and document repositories. Support corporate transactions and M&A, including due diligence, document collection, redlining, version control, and closing support. Draft and proofread correspondence, agreements, memos, templates, and other legal documents. Serve as a key liaison between attorneys, clients, outside counsel, and internal teams. Assist with billing, timekeeping, regulatory filings, conflicts, research, and special projects.

Qualifications:

5+ years of law firm legal support, legal secretary, paralegal, legal operations, or related experience. Experience supporting Wills & Estates and/or Corporate strongly preferred. Excellent organizational, communication, proofreading, and multitasking skills. Strong attention to detail and ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. Experience with legal technology, document management systems, virtual data rooms, and billing/timekeeping platforms is a plus.