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Administrative Assistant - Legal Industry - Must have Experience!
2024-07-26
2024-08-25
Job Category: Clerical
Job ID: 2P23825515
Pay Rate: $49920-58240 / year
Jobs Office: St. Cloud-Clerical
Job Description
Do you have legal experience? Don’t miss this exciting opportunity! Doherty Staffing Solutions is partnering with a top insurance Law Firm located in St. Cloud, MN. We are seeking qualified candidates for direct hire Legal Assistant roles. Interested? Read below for more information!
What the Legal Assistant will do:
What you need to be a Legal Assistant:
What are you waiting for? Your next job is just a click away! Click APPLY NOW to complete our mobile-friendly, online application. For questions or additional details about the Legal Assistant role, please contact us at 320-257-2271.
What the Legal Assistant will do:
- Maintain an accurate diary system to track court dates, deadlines, and meetings
- Gather, review, and summarize documents (i.e. medical, employment, workers’ compensation, insurance, etc.) received through the discovery process after receiving the attorney’s authority
- Verify all case cites via computer or other resources on all legal and/or technical documents
- Maintain a record of the firm’s expenses that are billable back to the client
- Maintain and supervise collection files, including dairying deadlines, drafting pleadings, logging in payments, periodic updates with attorneys/supervisors, and supervising work
- Accept and return client telephone calls and correspondence, relaying information approved by the attorney
- Draft, edit, and revise pleadings (including preparation of discovery responses,) documents, and correspondence under attorney supervision
- Review discovery responses and depositions as required by the attorney and complete necessary follow-up
- Maintain and update the attorney’s calendar including the scheduling of appointments, independent medical examinations, and depositions
- File and index all correspondence and documents on assigned files on a timely basis
What you need to be a Legal Assistant:
- Must have previous legal experience to be considered as an applicant
- Proficient in Microsoft Platforms
- Willingness to learn word processing software and utilize commands, functions, and tools to proficiently transcribe, format, edit, and print documents, correspondence, and other printed materials
- Ability to type 65 words per minute with minimal errors to perform data entry task assignments
- Experience operating computers, copy machines, postage machines, dictating machines, fax machines, and typewriters
- Knowledge of research methods on the internet and in written formats to complete necessary research
What are you waiting for? Your next job is just a click away! Click APPLY NOW to complete our mobile-friendly, online application. For questions or additional details about the Legal Assistant role, please contact us at 320-257-2271.
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