45,000 to $52,000 Annually
Benefits Offered
401K, Dental, Life, Medical, Vision
Employment Type
Full-Time
Why Work Here?
“Great opportunity to work for a prestigious law firm!”
Permanent Opening in St. Petersburg for a Legal Assistant. Firm will consider candidates with litigation experience. Firm offers fantastic benefits package and competitive salary, health and dental insurance, LIfe Insurance, LTD, STD, PTO, Paid Holidays, 401K, Profit Sharing, paid parking, plus bonus. 37.5 hour work week! Salary listed is based on 37.5 hour work week. Hours worked in excess of 37.5 hours per week will be paid hourly.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Communicate with clients, judicial administrative staff and vendors
- Schedule and make appointments for attorneys
- Prepare legal documents
- Proofread and format documents as necessary
- Assist with trial and hearing preparation
- Process conflict search and new business intake requests
- Update pleading indexes
- Prepare discovery responses from attorney notes
- Transmit legal correspondence to clients, witnesses and court officials by electronic filing, mail, fax or messenger
- Coordinate and plan attorney travel
- Process attorney expense reports and vendor invoices for payment
- Maintain attorneys’ professional organization dues, deadlines, and CLE
- Organize and maintain case and correspondence files
- Monitor deadlines and maintain calendars
- Check status of cases through Case Information System
- Attend training classes to keep skills current
- Perform other duties as may be assigned
QUALIFICATIONS
- Minimum of 2+ years of experience
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, Word, Adobe PDF
- Experience with court filing systems and requirements
- Experience in Litigation
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to interact, communicate, and demonstrate sound judgment
- Must be able to prioritize work and manage competing priorities
- Client service mindset and friendly demeanor
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
About All Legal Staff, Inc.:
All Legal Staff, Inc. (ALS) is a full-service permanent and temporary placement agency that exclusively specializes in placing attorneys, paralegals, legal assistants, administrative and legal support staff. In addition, we handle temporary legal assignments, document review and legal projects including e-discovery and litigation support. We have a database of skilled attorneys and other legal professionals for short to long term assignments to handle any project that you may have, freeing up your attorneys and staff to focus on the more complex issues of your case. Combined we have over 40 years experience staffing Law Firms and Corporate Law Departments of all sizes. We are family-owned and operated by a former Legal Administrator who worked in three law firms for over twenty-five years. We know the demands that law firms and corporate counsel face each day and recruit only for the best legal talent available. We are currently celebrating 19 years servicing Tampa Bay, the State of Florida and our clients nationally.
Candidates can rest assured that we will work our hardest to place you with one of our more than 100 clients. We listen to you, your needs, your direction for your career, and our conversations are confidential.
Legal recruiting is a personal service business. We offer both the firms and candidates with whom we work with highly personalized, ethical and honest services.
WHAT WE DO
ALS provides law firms with experienced permanent, temp to hire and temporary staff.
• Advertising on all major job boards, job sites and social media
• Personal Interviews with each candidate
• Legal specific testing
• Software testing
• Reference checks
• Background checks
• Guarantees
• Additional Services Available
WE SPECIALIZE IN…
• Attorneys
• Legal Assistants
• Legal Secretaries
• Paralegals
• Receptionists
• E-Discovery (eDiscovery)
• Legal Administrators
• Accounting & Facilities Personnel
• Legal Support Staff
• Administrative Support Staff
Company website: http://www.als-staff.com
