Legal Assistant at Fusco Personnel Inc.

Legal Assistant

Albany, NY

Fusco Personnel is actively recruiting for a Legal Assistant, to join our client in the Albany, NY area. This is a full-time, direct hire opportunity. The ideal candidate will perform a wide range of administrative and clerical tasks for a group of attorneys.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Drafting and formatting memos, correspondence, legal documents and various forms.

• Proofread material for correct grammar, punctuation, spelling, and formatting.
• Organize workload to comply with deadlines and priorities established by attorneys.
• Open and maintain client files including records management related to clients and to the firm.
• Schedule court depositions, court reporters, expert witnesses, hearings, and other special functions.
• Schedule practice related meetings and appointments.

Qualifications & Requirements

• 2+ years of administrative experience in the legal field or equivalent.
• 2 or 4 year college degree a plus
• Knowledge of legal terminology, legal forms and documents, legal practices and procedures and how to resource.
• Strong technical skills, including knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, document management programs and Internet applications.
• Attention to detail including proof reading experience to include correcting grammatical, typographical and spelling errors and perform minor editing of routine law correspondence and legal case matters.
• Multi-tasking and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and act with discretion.

Salary

• $52-65k

 Fusco Personnel takes great pride in successfully matching talent and culture for our valued clients.  We accomplish this through the hard work and expertise of our exemplary specialty recruiters and staff.

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Fusco Personnel is a NYS Certified Women Business Enterprise (WBE) and an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity, Race/Gender/Veterans/Disability Employer