Legal Practice Assistant

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Legal Practice Assistant
The candidate will proactively maintain an overview of timekeepers’ workload and caseload; anticipate next steps and implement follow-up procedures to ensure each task is appropriately tracked and carried through to completion. Create, edit, revise, redline, and/or proofread documents from dictation, handwritten, typed, and/or electronic copy. Maintain timekeepers’ calendars of meetings and business trips, using current software applications, and apprise them of responsibilities in advance of commitment. File paper and electronic documents with appropriate courts and agencies, ensure proper procedures are followed, and deadlines are met. Receive, screen, and transmit telephone and conference calls in a professional manner and take accurate telephone messages for timekeepers, clients, and staff as required. Process and route incoming mail, faxes, and electronic communications upon receipt. Prepare outgoing mail (including boxes/packages for shipment) for prompt delivery, arranging for messenger services as needed to meet deadlines. Coordinate with a docketing specialist, including review of docketing reports for accuracy of dates, to ensure court or agency documents/actions for legal proceedings meet firm docketing requirements. Coordinate preliminary conflict checks with Professional Standards to ensure the attorney and firm ability to represent requesting party. Prepare new client/matter intake forms and engagement letters. Assist with the billing process, including daily time entry – entering, proofreading, spellchecking, and releasing – distribute monthly proformas, review and edit prebills, and prepare final with cover letter (if appropriate) in accordance with firm or department procedures. Prepare accounting documents as required, including check requests, expense and travel reimbursement requests, and trust documents. Coordinate client/attorney/administrative conferences, meetings, and appointments for timekeepers and clients, including conference room scheduling, scheduling visitor offices, meals, preparation of materials, and arrangement with a third party if needed (e.g., court reporter/videographer). Coordinate travel arrangements, securing air, hotel, and car plans for timekeepers. Set up and maintain administrative and client files; file electronic and/or paper documents and information promptly and accurately. Perform copying, scanning, and faxing tasks. Prepare notebooks as required. Assume responsibility for miscellaneous tasks and special projects as required. Conduct Internet research as directed by timekeepers. Occasionally assist timekeepers with personal work requests, defined in the firm manual as “acceptable tasks.” Be familiar with and adhere to all firm policies. Be present at work during regularly scheduled working hours and as needed in the position, arrive at work on time, and use time wisely during the workday. Keep supervisor informed of activities and of any significant problems and/or all personal schedule changes, and provide timely and accurate timecards regarding hours worked and days missed. Coordinate absences within workgroups; proactively aid timekeepers in the absence of the regular Legal Practice Assistant and, when time permits, to other Legal Practice Assistants. Adhere to the principles of client and firm confidentiality, as outlined in the confidentiality agreement signed at the time of hire. Maintain a clean and uncluttered work area, being sure that confidential materials and valuable items are secure.

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