Legal Assistant (HYBRID) - Zerega Consulting Services, LLC

Our client, a fast growing firm with multiple offices throughout Florida is seeking a legal assistant to join its nationally recognized boutique transportation and logistics practice. This hybrid legal assistant opening is available in the firm’s Downtown St. Petersburg location. They are a small firm with a national footprint, handling complex and challenging matters that make a real business impact across the country.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

• General Attorney and Paralegal Support
  • Assist multiple attorneys with litigated, non-litigated, corporate and administrative proceeding matters throughout the State of Florida and elsewhere
  • Transcribe papers and pleadings
  • Schedule and coordinate in-person and telephone meetings
  • Create professional documents with consistent formatting, through use of Microsoft and Adobe programs
  • Help manage attorney workload through tracking of assigned matters and deadlines
  • Proactively communicate and offer support as needed
  • Take on special projects as requested by attorneys, including projects relating to both legal practice and firm development
  • Assist with timekeeping and expense submissions
  • Manage attorney travel, including all logistics, reservations, information, and coordination
  • Create tasks and calendar notifications, with reminders, for appointments and court deadlines
  • Monitor attorney CLEs
  • Manage attorney calendars
  • Manage and organize electronic and paper files
  • Manage incoming and outgoing mail
  • Other tasks as needed
• Skills
  • Knowledge and willingness to learn court procedures and filing rules
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
  • Redline, OCR, Formatting, Editing

Education and Licensing

Bachelor’s Degree preferred.

Notary Public License (or willingness to obtain)

Experience

Three to six+ years’ experience as a legal assistant is preferred. Florida experience and prior work in a law firm is a plus.

Pay

$55,000 - $65,000

Benefits

- Medical, dental, and vision insurance

- Life Insurance

- 401K Benefits

- Paid Time Off and Holidays