The Agency, a prominent executive recruitment firm, is seeking an experienced Legal Assistant to join a hybrid team at a Los Angeles-based boutique law firm. As a Legal Assistant with our esteemed client, you will have the opportunity to prepare essential correspondence and pleadings focused within the Insurance Coverage practice area.
Who You Are:
Youre a seasoned Legal Assistant, who has built a career providing expert support to attorneys and partners.
You describe yourself as a "quality over quantity" producer, who recognizes the importance of taking a step back to see the big picture.
Youre looking for a role where you can get into the weeds -- a place where the details matter, theres no shortage of work, and your peers are excited to collaborate on achieving positive outcomes for the firm and your clients alike.
What Youll Do:
As a Legal Assistant, youll immediately impact the outcomes of the firm. Youll do this by...
- Preparing correspondence and pleadings such as motions, petitions, subpoenas, briefs, legal memoranda, discovery requests, and responses to discovery for attorneys, and draft non-legal correspondence for attorney editing
- Proofreading documents for errors, and ensuring proper grammatical and legal formatting and style
- Filing documents with Federal court, State court, and administrative agencies using electronic methods and 3rd party vendors
- Maintaining legal and non-legal calendars for attorneys including scheduling and coordinating meetings with the opposing party and the court
- Organizing, preparing, and compiling physical and electronic legal documents for filing, indexing, and storage using a variety of computer-based platforms
Requirements
- At least 10 years of experience as a Legal Assistant or Legal Secretary
- Significant computer literacy including fluency in standard legal programs, office desktop software, internet and web-based legal platforms, and iManage or a similar document management tool
- Exhaustive understanding of legal document formatting, style, filing and organization
10 years as a legal assistant