Family Law Legal Secretary

Offit Kurman, a growing full-service law firm, is seeking a Legal Administrative Assistant to join its Charlotte, NC office. Candidates must possess 3-5+ years of successful administrative support working as a legal administrative assistant or Legal Secretary in a Family Law practice.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Organize and maintain case filing and retrieval systems.
• Heavy attorney calendar management, organizing and scheduling external and internal meetings, teleconferences, networking events, etc., maintain attorney calendars for court dates, reminders, and follow-ups.
• Monitor and calendar attorney court dates through the NCCourts Family Law calendaring portal.
• Assist with consultation set up and opening, maintaining, and closing client files.
• Assists with preparation of and filing/serving of court documents by mail or electronically via court e-filing.
• Proofread and review filings and other court papers prior to filing.
• Drafts court papers including but not limited to one-page motions, certificates of service, entries of appearance, as well as correspondence and memos.
• Create and organize materials for hearings, such as exhibit binder preparation.
• Handle extensive client contact, both via phone, email, and in-person.
• Maintain attorney credit card reconciliations, time entry, and other internal procedures.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 3 years supporting Family Law practice.
• Proactive work style and analytical skills: able to quickly read, review, verify and route correspondence, reports and legal documents.
• Strong production skills with ability to produce accurate work product when formatting documents, inputting data, editing, copying, scanning.
• Excellent client service skills with proven record of building effective relationships with both internal and external clients. Comfortability with meeting clients in person.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint), Internet research skills, document management systems, attorney time entry software.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with proficiency in grammar and spelling.

Offit Kurman is one of the fastest-growing, full-service law firms in the United States. Offit Kurman offers a collegial, comfortable, and professional work environment, as well as competitive salary and benefits, to include Paid Time Off and 401(k) matching. We are a proud EEO employer and we are committed to a diverse workforce.

Please note that the base salary range is a guideline, and individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level and competencies.