Legal Assistant – Personal Injury/Mass Tort (241/o)

National, award winning plaintiff litigation firm based in Houston, TX is seeking a Legal Assistant to join their growing team. The firm currently represents tens of thousands of clients in personal injury litigation, civil litigation, and mass torts including product liability, dangerous drugs and defective medical products.  This is a full-time on-site role at the Houston, TX office location.

The Legal Assistant will be responsible for legal document preparation, document review, maintaining pleadings, motions, and other case filings (state and federal) as well as assist the attorneys in trial preparation, client communications, and other related work.  Ideal candidates must be motivated, detail oriented and experienced in the legal industry.

Duties and Responsibilities Include:

• Assist attorneys and support staff with managing cases.
• File and serve pleadings and discovery in state and federal court cases.
• Correspond with clients, courts, and other counsel via telephone, email, letter.
• Manage court filing correspondence for cases and handle the saving and calendaring of the corresponding filed documents.
• Typing, filing, scanning, copying, setup client files, answer incoming department calls.
• Schedule attorney court appearances, depositions, mediation, counsel meetings, and telephone conferences.
• Maintain files, log telephone conversations and log time tracking in a case.
• Organize and maintain electronic case files within the company software/case management system.
• Responsible for gathering client documents and organizing electronic and physical files.
• Provide administrative assistance to attorneys, including managing calendars and deadlines.
• Maintain case expenses, invoices, billing, and time worked on client and general files.
• Prepare trial and deposition binders to assist attorneys.
• Handling of special projects for attorneys and staff.
• Other duties as required.

Qualifications:

• Must have a minimum of 5 years’ experience as a legal assistant (required), Associate Degree (preferred)
• Must have extensive experience filing in both Federal and State courts
• Must perform well in a high-level, fast-paced environment with minimal supervision.
• Must be honest, committed, detail-oriented, and organized.
• Must be ambitious and enthusiastic with a willingness to learn and work.
• Must have a “can do” attitude, work very cooperatively with legal and non-legal staff.
• Must be professional and courteous to clients and staff.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office programs (including Outlook, Word, Excel), Adobe Acrobat Pro.
• Must demonstrate good ethics, judgment and maintain the confidentiality of files.

Benefits:

• Professional development in the legal industry and opportunities to advance your career.
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Health insurance benefits (medical, dental, vision)
• 401K with employer match