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Position:Legal Assistant
Position Type:Permanent
Location: Roseland, NJ
Hours: Business Hours
The Legal Assistant is a pivotal role, supporting a legal team of professionals, from spearheading department initiatives to masterfully managing calendars and schedules.
What you will be doing:
- Coordinate complex scheduling, including international reservations and maintain precise attorney calendars.
- Manage calls, meetings, and reminders for the team, clients, and opposing parties.
- Handle incoming mail, faxes, and contract forwarding efficiently.
- Oversee client documents, email databases, and conduct conflict searches.
- Initiate new matters, including litigation cases, with precision and uphold ethical standards.
- Prepare attorneys for calls and meetings, ensuring deadlines are met.
- Provide exceptional client support and craft professional correspondence.
- Handling emergent matters and organizing client conferences, all while ensuring department protocols are adhered to.
What experience we are looking for:
- Minimum of 3 years' Legal Assistant experience at a law firm.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel), Kofax (Adobe), DocuSign, and Zoom.
- Expertise and proficiency in calendar and inbox management.
- Familiarity with digital dictation.
- Highly organized with exceptional multitasking and prioritization skills.
- Self-motivated team player with proficiency in both collaborative and independent work.
- Strong problem-solving skills in dynamic environments.
- Proficient in composing, editing, and proofreading legal documents.
- Capable of coordinating routine administrative tasks.
- Possesses a polished, professional demeanor with clear communication skills.
Jersey Staffing and our Client are Equal Opportunity Employers.
**Please note, Jersey staffing does not currently have any mandatory vaccination policies for COVID-19. However, as Jersey Staffing is a placement agency, many of its clients do. Jersey Staffing is unaware of many client requirements until a conditional offer to engage a candidate is made. As such, candidates should be prepared to comply with client requirements in the event a candidate of Jersey Staffing is offered an engagement/assignment opportunity by a client. Any decision made by a client is solely the decision of the client and not a decision of Jersey Staffing, nor will Jersey Staffing be responsible for such. No medical or other information should be shared with Jersey Staffing unless specifically requested.
