Litigation Legal Assistant

Overview:

The Litigation Legal Assistant supports attorneys in the Litigation Practice Group by typing, drafting, revising, and formatting pleadings, motions, correspondence, discovery, and other legal documents; E-filing all court documents in state, federal court and appellate courts; maintaining pleading and discovery binders and all incoming mail; managing calendars and assisting in meeting deadlines; communicating with clients, courts, and attorneys; opening new files, preparing conflicts checks and drafting engagement letters; processing monthly billing and time entry.

Other Duties/Responsibilities:

• Perform other administrative duties as assigned in support of attorneys.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Minimum 3-5 years of litigation legal administrative assistant experience required.
• State (NJ) and Federal e-filings experience required.
• Proficient with MS Office Suite, including advanced use of MS Word (including redlining, comparing documents, advanced formatting, Table of Contents and Table of Authorities creation and manipulation, and hyperlinks).
• Proficiency in the use of document management systems (iManage preferred)
• Excellent written and verbal communication and organizational skills and very detail- oriented.
• Typing

Education and Experience:

• Minimum of 3-5 years as a legal assistant in a law firm required.
• Associate degree a plus.

If you are interested in this great opportunity, send your resume to mtupanceska@friedmanwilliams.com. Thank you!