Legal Assistant

Boone Legal LLC
We are looking for an experienced Legal Assistant who can help the busy attorneys and paralegals at our law office assist our clients. You'll be responsible for managing office correspondence, including answering phone calls and emails, arranging meetings and travel, and ensuring our legal team is aware of upcoming deadlines. You'll also assist with preparing legal documents and contracts, and perform any other tasks as needed to ensure our firm is operating efficiently. If you work well in a fast-paced environment and consistently deliver a high-quality work product, reach out to us today!
Responsibilities

• Help with creating a variety of litigation documents, including pleadings, motions, subpoenas, affidavits, contracts, and briefs for case preparation, and proofread documents when necessary
• Conduct legal research, when necessary, with guidance from attorneys and paralegals
• Ensure client billing is processed properly using daily time records with assistance from the accounting department
• Handle office correspondence and administrative tasks such as responding to emails and phone calls, communicating with opposing attorney offices, taking dictation, and letting the team know about upcoming deadlines
• Undertake other duties as needed to ensure the firm operates efficiently

This position will be responsible for important work, including:

• Client communication and follow up
• Docketing court deadlines and scheduling follow-up meetings with clients
• Organization and scanning of client estate plans, assembling documents, reviewing post-signing documents to make sure all signatures are present, notary stamps are placed, etc.
• Drafting letters and simple court documents
• Drafting documents using standardized forms
• Answering the phone for attorneys and calendaring callback and messages as appropriate
• Email management for attorneys using pre-established guidelines
• Other duties as assigned

If the statements below appeal to you, then you may be our next Legal Assistant!

• You smile when you answer the phone
• You are an amazing scheduler with a sickening degree of attention to detail
• Your middle name is "No Drama"
• You do not think scanning and copying are beneath you
• You like having fun at work, but not in the "this might leave a mark" kind of way

We love to help people learn and grow, but we don't have time for that right now. We need a full-time Legal Assistant with prior estate planning experience or business/corporate law experience. The ideal candidate will be able to take the initiative on work that needs to be done and complete tasks with initiative.
Qualifications

• Organizational skills and communication skills are necessary for this position
• Applicants must be able to type 50 words per minute or faster
• Experience with legal software, litigation case management, and docketing programs
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines with quick turnaround times
• Ability to comfortably use all Microsoft Office products

Compensation
$38,000 - $44,500+ DOE
About Boone Legal LLC
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