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Administrative Assistant - Legal Industry - Must have Experience!
Job Description
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
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Doherty Staffing Solutions (Doherty) has been a workforce industry leader since 1980. We recruit and place qualified individuals in various companies within all levels of employment categories. Placing great people into great job opportunities is our mission, and it's been a life-changing one for our workforce! In addition to competitive pay, we offer employee benefits, direct deposit, and weekly paychecks. Doherty is an Equal Opportunity and Drug-Free Employer.
As an equal-opportunity employer, Doherty Staffing Solutions welcomes candidates of all backgrounds and experiences to apply. If this position sounds like the right opportunity for you, we encourage you to take the next step and connect with us. We look forward to meeting you!
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