Litigation Legal Assistant

About us

Reisman Sorokac is a full service business law firm in Las Vegas, Nevada. We represent sophisticated local, national and international businesses across a wide range of diverse industries. We provide a respectful, collaborative environment where professionals find collegial support to provide excellent client service.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Draft pleadings, discovery, and correspondence in accordance with applicable procedural rules ensuring accuracy and completeness
• Manage calendars, including calculation of legal deadlines, scheduling/arranging meetings, booking meeting rooms, and sending invitations and reminders when needed
• Organize and maintain case files, documents, and exhibits
• Knowledge of rules of civil procedure and local court rules and procedures as they pertain to service, filing, motion practice, discovery and pretrial deadlines, and document formatting
• Manage documents in discovery and exhibit preparation and management for trial
• Assist attorneys with deposition preparation, discovery requests, and document productions
• Provide support for the department attorneys in preparing for client meetings, hearings and trials
• Ensure supporting materials (e.g., agendas, A-V requirements) for meetings and events are prepared accurately and provided in a timely manner
• Take ownership for the success of the firm-wide administrative functions by effectively communicating with and providing back up support to all administrative staff, as needed
• Proactively contribute to office activities to ensure an efficient and cohesive team environment
• Manage communications and correspondence (phone, voicemail, email, mail), responding when needed; bringing action items forward to appropriate individual’s attention
• Arrange couriers and deliveries ensuring time-sensitive material is received on time

KEY ATTRIBUTES

• Proven ability to establish professional relationships with colleagues, clients, and external contacts
• Proactive and anticipatory – can put themselves in the shoes of the executive
• Thrives gracefully under pressure in a very demanding environment
• Highly organized and able to meet deadlines and manage multiple demands
• Able to discretely handle highly confidential information
• Operates with a high degree of accuracy with strong attention to detail
• Strong work ethic
• Responds well to constructive feedback
• Able to learn quickly

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $23.00 - $27.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Travel requirement:

• No travel

Work Location: In person