POSITION: Legal Administrative Assistant (Corporate & Litigation)
COMPENSATION: Base salary up to $115K, commensurate with experience, plus paid overtime, very generous bonus, medical benefits, tuition reimbursement, gym membership, PTO, 401K, etc.
LOCATION: San Francisco, CA
THE ORGANIZATION: Elite International Law Firm
SUMMARY: Top-ranked international law firm is seeking Corporate & Litigation Practice Assistants to provide support to the practice assistant team to meet the Firm and client’s needs.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provide executive legal secretarial support to Firm, Partners, Associates and Administration
- Function with autonomy and work on special projects with each case and client
- Handles complex legal secretarial activities (may be highly confidential and require discretion)
- Performs research as directed by attorneys
- Interface and establish ongoing positive business relationship with clients
- Communicate effectively on busy, multiple telephone lines
- Type, format, edit and finalize legal documents
- Transcribe taped records of conferences and meetings
- Compose routine letters and memoranda and prepare reports
- Establish and maintain office files and records materials
- Assist in the preparation of time-keeping, travel, expense reports and other personnel records
- Schedule and arrange meetings and conferences
- Other duties as assigned
REQUIREMENTS:
- High school diploma required
- College degree preferred
- 2+ years in a legal secretarial/assistant experience
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Ability to remain calm and function under pressure in a constantly changing environment
- Ability to communicate effectively, dispassionately and diplomatically
- Must have advanced proficiency working in MS Word (formatting documents utilizing Styles), PowerPoint and Excel
- Excellent attendance, punctual and flexible to work overtime
- Ability to collaborate smoothly with many other people and departments
- Detail oriented with strong day-to-day organizational skills
- Ability to be proactive, organize/prioritize work and perform multiple tasks simultaneously
