**JOB SUMMARY**
Support lawyers by maintaining, drafting documents, and organizing files, calling on legal witnesses, maintaining a legal library and more.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Preparing briefs, wills, contracts, real estate closing statements, pleadings, appeals, and other legal documents.
- Preparing affidavits, legal correspondence and other documents for attorneys.
- Organizing and maintaining documents in a paper or electronic filing system.
- Meeting with clients, attorneys, and other professionals to talk about case details.
- Helping prepare for trial by organizing exhibits and assisting with other tasks as needed.
- Investigating facts and laws of cases and searching public records and other resources to prepare cases and determine causes of action.
- Directing and coordinating law office activity, including delivery of subpoenas.
- Gathering and analyzing statutes, decisions, and legal articles, codes, documents and other data.
- Calling on witnesses to testify at hearings.
- Keeping the law library up-to-date by monitoring legal volumes.
- Keeps cases organized by establishing and organizing files; monitoring calendars; meeting deadlines; documenting actions; inputting information into file databases and case management software; confirming case status with attorneys.
- Helps develop cases by maintaining contact with people involved in the case; scheduling depositions; preparing and forwarding summonses and subpoenas; drafting complaints; preparing and filing discovery requests; preparing responses to opposing counsel; generating status reports.
- Keeps clients informed by maintaining contact; communicating case progress.
- Supports case preparation by preparing case summaries and materials for mediation conferences; preparing pleadings; monitoring and obtaining discovery responses; organizing materials for team case review.
- Enhances trial proceedings by organizing evidence; preparing exhibits; scheduling witnesses; ensuring that witnesses are ready when needed; taking courtroom notes.
- Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications.
- Accomplishes organizational goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
**SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES**
Leadership
- Coaching
- Delegation
- Build relationships
- Team Leadership
- Communication
- Decision-Making
- Results-Oriented
- Developing and Tracking Budgets
- Coaching
- Supervision
- Staffing
- Process Improvement
- Planning
- Performance Management
Business
- Highly Trustworthy and integrity
- Excellent Communication Skills
- Good Listening and Comprehension Skills
- Good in Building Rapport
- Analytical Thinking Skills
- Good Problem Solving Skills
- Results-oriented & strong sense of discipline
- Decision making (diskarte)
- Documentation and Records Keeping
**EXPERIENCE**
- At least 3-5 years experience as Legal Assistant
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
**Education**:
- Bachelor's (preferred)
**Experience**:
- Legal Assistant: 3 years (preferred)
- Real Estate or Construction Company: 1 year (preferred)