Legal Assistant

About us

Robinson Law Offices is a small business in Tulsa, OK. We are professional, agile and our goal is to provide personal, caring and compassionate legal services to our clients with excellence and professional representation..

Our work environment includes:

• Modern office setting
• Food provided

```Job Summary```

We are seeking a highly motivated, detail-oriented Legal Assistant with strong interpersonal skills, who likes to help people, to join our team. We will train the right candidate for this job. Hourly wages will depend on education and experience. We offer paid holidays and vacation to someone who can work five days per week 37 to 40 hours per week.

The Legal Assistant will provide administrative support to our legal team and assist with various tasks related to document organization, case management and client communciation. The ideal candidate has excellent organizational skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to multi task while working autonomously. We are seeking a candidate with excellent people skills both on the telephone and in person. The ideal candidate will be able to deal with clients in a crises. Written and oral communication skills are imperative for this job.

```Responsibilities```

- Assist attorneys with legal administrative tasks, including drafting and editing legal documents, correspondence, and memos

- Conduct interviews with clients and witnesses to gather relevant information for legal cases

- Prepare and organize documents for court pleadings and settlement.

- Maintain online and physical document management systems and ensure all files are accurately labeled, scanned and stored

- Conduct research on various topics as assigned by attorneys

- Answer multi line phone calls, schedule appointments, and manage calendars

- Perform clerical tasks such as photocopying, scanning, faxing, and filing

- Obtain police reports, medical bills and records, and other client documents.

- Update clients on case status and billing balances.

- Daily Communiciation with Attorneys to go over cases and tasks.

```Qualifications```

- Previous experience as a Legal Assistant or legal secretary is preferred but not imperative.

- Excellent oral communication skills with clients in person and on the telephone.

- Excellent written communication skills and grammer for written correspendence.

- Ability to multi task and work autonomously.

- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize tasks effectively

- Strong attention to detail and accuracy in work

- Familiarity with office settings/marketing/sales and cashier experience is helpful.

- Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information with discretion

- Desire to work with and help people and ability to work with clients in person.

- Proficient in using Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

- Associates Degree required, Bachelors Degree in any field preferred.

- Ability to arrive at work timely and to work required schedule without interruption.

- Self Starting and Self Motivated with ability to work autonoumously.

- Ability to learn new tasks and embrace new challenges with optimism.

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual looking to contribute to an experienced legal team. We all work together to provide caring and compassionate legal services to our clients. Our firm focuses on practice in bankruptcy, personal injury, estate planning, non profit and ministry law, business incorporation, and mediation. We offer a rewarding, positive environment between staff and attorneys and an opportunity to grow and learn new skills in the legal field. We offer a rare opportunity to work autonomously with opportunities for career growth within our firm. If you meet the qualifications outlined above, we encourage you to apply today!

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $15.00 - $20.00 per hour

Expected hours: 37.5 per week

Benefits:

• Free parking
• Opportunities for advancement
• Paid sick time
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• No nights
• No weekends

Travel requirement:

• No travel

Application Question(s):

• How would you deal with an upset client on the telephone?

Education:

• Associate (Required)

Experience:

• office: 1 year (Preferred)
• legal: 1 year (Preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

• Tulsa, OK 74137: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person