Legal Assistant

SBH Legal is a litigation firm located in downtown Portland that emphasizes representation of employers, insurers, and claims administrators in all matters relating to employment including workers’ compensation, Longshore, OSHA, wage and hour, discrimination and related litigation.

We are seeking a full-time experienced Legal Assistant to join our team. Our Legal Assistants work in a paperless environment supporting attorneys with opening new matters in our case management system – TimeMatters, drafting, docketing, scheduling, phone calls, expense tracking, and other legal administrative duties. Administrative duties include, but are not limited to:

• Coordinating meetings
• Opening, maintaining, and organizing electronic case files and updating files with case status information
• Docketing of deadlines and maintaining calendars
• Scheduling of hearings, depositions, mediations, conferences, and other events
• Drafting, preparing, and/or editing a variety of correspondence
• Filing pleadings with courts and agencies
• Processing vendor invoices
• Preparing attorney expense reports
• Closing files when appropriate
• Managing time sensitive work

Qualifications

• Two years of experience as a Legal Assistant preferably in workers’ compensation / insurance defense
• Proficiency with Outlook, Word, Excel, and Adobe
• Excellent proofreading skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Proactive, takes initiative, able to prioritize and manage your time

SBH Legal offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, 401K, Flexible Spending Accounts, employee assistance program, life and long-term disability insurance, paid parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, and discretionary year-end bonuses. You can also bring your dog to work, enjoy a meal with colleagues while discussing the current book club selection, or work up a sweat in the on-site fitness room.

SBH Legal provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to the employee’s race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy or childbirth, personal appearance, family responsibilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, political affiliation, source of income, place of residence, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military veteran status, physical or mental disability, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

Qualified candidates should submit their resume to our Office Administrator, Carey Jones: cjones@sbhlegal.com.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $50,000.00 - $75,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• AD&D insurance
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Vision insurance
• Work from home

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Travel requirement:

• No travel

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Portland, OR 97205