Litigation Legal Assistant

Workway is a professional staffing firm, working with organizations across the country to place exceptional candidates. Currently, we have an exciting Litigation Legal Assistant who enjoys working in a high-volume, fast-paced environment, with an energized team with a well-established national real estate services firm specializing in default servicing, including foreclosures, bankruptcies, evictions, and title solutions. The company is built on honesty, integrity, and client-focused service, offering a fast-paced and detail-oriented work environment where your contributions truly make an impact.

The Litigation Legal Assistant for this position will have excellent communication, organizational, and people skills. The Litigation Legal Assistant will be a self-motivator, someone who works well with little supervision.

The Litigation Legal Assistant is responsible for the specific duties listed below.

Your specific duties will include:

• Provide day-to-day administrative and legal support to assigned litigation attorneys and paralegals.
• Manage attorney calendars, meetings, deadlines, hearings, depositions, and other litigation-related events.
• Prepare, format, proofread, and revise correspondence, pleadings, motions, discovery documents, notices, and other legal documents.
• Assist with preparing and filing documents with state and federal courts, including electronic filing.
• Maintain accurate and well-organized electronic and paper case files.
• Monitor litigation calendars and ensure deadlines and follow-up dates are properly entered and communicated.
• Assist with discovery coordination, including organizing documents, correspondence, requests, responses, and production materials.
• Coordinate depositions, hearings, mediations, conferences, and other litigation events.
• Communicate professionally with clients, opposing counsel, courts, vendors, experts, and other outside parties.
• Assist attorneys with preparation for hearings, depositions, mediations, trials, and other proceedings.
• Manage incoming and outgoing correspondence and ensure timely distribution to attorneys and appropriate parties.
• Enter and maintain attorney timekeeping and expense information as needed.
• Assist with client intake, engagement letters, conflict information, and other matter-opening procedures.
• Conduct basic case and docket research as requested.
• Track case status, important dates, and outstanding items to help keep matters moving forward.
• Handle confidential and sensitive information with a high degree of professionalism and discretion.
• Perform additional administrative and legal-support duties as needed.

Required qualifications for the position include:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• A high school diploma or equivalent is required.
• 1-2+ years of legal assistant experience, preferably supporting attorneys in civil, commercial, business, real estate, insurance defense, or other litigation practices.
• Strong understanding of litigation terminology, procedures, court filings, pleadings, discovery, and litigation deadlines.
• Experience with electronic court filing systems and document management.
• Exceptional computer processing skills, including a high-level proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Adobe Acrobat.

Pay Rate Range : $26.00 - $33.00 per hour

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies, and experience, and location. Employees have access to healthcare benefits, including medical, dental, and vision as well as a 401(k) plan.

Let one of our recruiters assist you in finding and preparing for interviews with our clients. Whether you are interested in a direct hire, temp-to-hire, or temporary position, Workway can help you to put your best foot forward. Contact us today!

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