Legal Assistant/Paralegal

Seeking a Legal Assistant:

We are an entrepreneurial law firm that is on track for aggressive growth, and we need an experienced Legal Assistant to join our team and work directly with the owners and attorneys to support the team and help our clients. We want to be known for helping our clients through an extremely emotional process from which they emerge feeling as though they are a better person, in a better position, and that they had a team behind them that really cared and fought for them.

We are growing fast, and we need a Legal Assistant who can hit the ground running. This position will be responsible for important work, and requires someone who can:

• Conduct initial intake process and gather detailed information for group of attorneys.
• Communicate with clients, gathering necessary information to begin building a case.
• Organize case files.
• Maintain case progress information.
• Gather relevant information from a variety of sources.
• Provide administrative support to attorneys and enhance office effectiveness.
• Manage incoming email and call requests and prioritize responses.
• Excel at database management.

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 communicator with a sickening degree of attention to detail.
• You are very good with calendars, e-mail, spreadsheets, word processing, and the internet.
• Your middle name is “No Drama”.
• You are an awesome juggler of tasks and can change gears quickly.
• You do not think scanning and copying are “beneath you”.
• Above all you want to succeed and help others succeed.

Traits:

• Resourceful
• Reliable
• Empathetic
• Approachable
• Dedicated

We love to help people learn and grow. But we don’t have the time for that right now. We need a Legal Assistant with experience, preferably in a law firm, and ideally in a bankruptcy law firm.

The ideal candidate MUST be able to take initiative on work that needs to be done and must be able to complete tasks with minimal supervision.

The ideal candidate will have excellent time management skills, be a team player and be detail oriented. We encourage and value community involvement. If this describes you, please apply to join our team!

This is a full-time job where you are expected to be able to work in the office for 40 hours per week.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $21.00 - $26.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Travel requirement:

• No travel

Experience:

• Microsoft Office: 1 year (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Baltimore, MD 21201 (Required)

Work Location: In person