Legal Administrative Assistant - Burnett Specialists

We are working with a prestigious Texas firm that is looking for a Legal Administrative Assistant for the Insurance Defense practice group of their San Antonio office. The Firm allows 2 days of remote work per week.

 

Job Duties:

• Provides administrative support to litigation attorneys in the practice of law
• Assists in preparing for hearings, trials, mediations, arbitrations, depositions, meetings, etc. in a fast-paced, high volume litigation practice
• Types pleadings, discovery, briefs, status reports, and correspondence from dictation;
• Maintains, organizes, and manages client files;
• Dockets/calendars deadlines
• Organizes & sorts emails for attorneys
• Manages electronic and paper filing systems (state and federal);
• Enters attorney time into billing system
• Assist with billing and appeals of deductions
• Exercises discretion and maintains information of a confidential nature;
• Handles multiple tasks simultaneously
• Assists with providing coverage when other secretaries are out of the office
• Works occasional overtime, as needed

 

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of recent litigation experience in a law firm. Defense litigation experience is important;
• Advanced knowledge of the litigation process; rules of procedure; excellent litigation, secretarial, grammar, and proofreading skills;
• High proficiency in MS Office Suite;
• Ability to operate standard office equipment;
• Experience with electronic court filings (state and federal);
• Familiarity with DMS (document management system), preferably iManage