Legal Administrative Assistant

San Antonio, TX 78216

Employment Type: Direct Hire Job Function: Legal Job ID:: 132454

Job Description


We are working with a prestigious Texas firm that is looking for a Legal Administrative Assistant for the Insurance Defense practice group of their San Antonio office. The Firm allows 2 days of remote work per week.

 

Job Duties:
  • Provides administrative support to litigation attorneys in the practice of law
  • Assists in preparing for hearings, trials, mediations, arbitrations, depositions, meetings, etc. in a fast-paced, high volume litigation practice
  • Types pleadings, discovery, briefs, status reports, and correspondence from dictation;
  • Maintains, organizes, and manages client files;
  • Dockets/calendars deadlines
  • Organizes & sorts emails for attorneys
  • Manages electronic and paper filing systems (state and federal);
  • Enters attorney time into billing system
  • Assist with billing and appeals of deductions
  • Exercises discretion and maintains information of a confidential nature;
  • Handles multiple tasks simultaneously
  • Assists with providing coverage when other secretaries are out of the office
  • Works occasional overtime, as needed

 

Qualifications:
  • 5+ years of recent litigation experience in a law firm. Defense litigation experience is important;
  • Advanced knowledge of the litigation process; rules of procedure; excellent litigation, secretarial, grammar, and proofreading skills;
  • High proficiency in MS Office Suite;
  • Ability to operate standard office equipment;
  • Experience with electronic court filings (state and federal);
  • Familiarity with DMS (document management system), preferably iManage

Meet The Recruiter

Maggie Dunn
Direct-Hire Recruiting Manager

Burnett Specialists is consistently ranked as the number one recruiting firm in Austin by the Austin Business Journal year after year!

I've helped thousands of talented candidates with experience ranging from entry-level to c-level over the course of my professional recruiting career.  My mission is to establish long-lasting relationships between newly hired employees and their employers by matching exciting job opportunities with the right candidates!

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