Attorney Practice Coordinator - Kansas City (Hybrid)

Littler; Kansas City (MO); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Ample time off

Mental health programs

Parental leave

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Wellness program

Flexible spending accounts

Employee referral bonus

Job summary

Littler Mendelson is seeking an Attorney Practice Coordinator in Kansas City to support multiple attorneys' practices with strong time management, organizational, and communication skills. The role requires extensive knowledge of state and federal judicial systems, and agency procedures in labor and employment law.

This position is resident in Kansas City and follows a hybrid work schedule working in-office 2-3 days per week, coordinating with the Attorney Resource Team and other corporate

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience as a litigation secretary.
• Highly organized with ability to support multiple attorneys' practices and coordinate multiple tasks and requests effectively.
• Demonstrates strong time management expertise with ability to prioritize and anticipate practice needs.
• Demonstrates initiative to identify, monitor and execute tasks related to case timelines.
• Demonstrates strong written and verbal skills to communicate effectively with internal and external parties.
• Demonstrates advanced knowledge and proven expertise using Best Authority to produce Tables of Contents (TOC) and Tables of Authorities (TOA).
• Possesses extensive knowledge of court rules and ECF procedures.
• Demonstrates proficiency in using MS Office, Outlook and Adobe.
• Experience with document management systems (i.e., NetDocuments).
• Demonstrates expertise in BigHand to create compliant legal documents and correspondence.
• Demonstrates knowledge of legal terminology.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate attorney support from Attorney Resource Team and other departments.
• Ensure complete submissions to Attorney Resource Team with clear instructions.
• Communicate with case team to prevent duplicate requests.
• Verify court and deadline alerts for attorneys.
• Create and update matters in Virtual Binder.
• Create TOCs and TOAs accurately and timely.
• Coordinate and finalize documents for filing and service.
• E-file documents with courts and agencies per rules.
• Filing in NetDocuments in a timely manner.
• Create and submit New Client Matters within firm standards.
• Coordinate transcription of audio recordings.
• Coordinate printing and assembly of documents with office services.
• Maintain attorney contact lists in Outlook and InterAction CRM.
• Submit daily task logs detailing projects and assignments.
• Review and revise client pre-bills.

Skills

Litigation secretary experience

Time management

Communication

Organization

MS Office

Outlook

Adobe

NetDocuments

Best Authority

InterAction

Tools

NetDocuments

MS Office

Outlook

Adobe

BigHand

InterAction

Job description

The Attorney Practice Coordinator coordinates and performs high level tasks to support multiple attorneys' practices. Requires excellent time management, communication and organizational skills. Requires extensive knowledge of state and federal judicial systems, and agency procedures in labor and employment law.

This position is resident in Kansas City and follows a hybrid work schedule working in-office 2-3 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for coordinating attorney support from Attorney Resource Team and other corporate departments including calendar and billing teams.
• Responsible for accurate and complete submissions to Attorney Resource Team, including thorough instructions and documentation.
• Responsible for communicating with case team to ensure that duplicate requests are not submitted to Attorney Resource Team.
• Responsible for verifying court and other deadlines and alerting attorneys.
• Responsible for creating and updating matters in Virtual Binder.
• Responsible for accurate and timely creation of Tables of Contents ("TOCs") and Tables of Authorities ("TOAs").
• Responsible for coordinating and finalizing documents for filing with courts or administrative agencies, and service upon other parties.
• Responsible for e-filing documents with courts and agencies in accordance with applicable rules.
• Responsible for timely and properly filing in NetDocuments.
• Responsible for accurately creating and submitting New Client Matters ("NCM") within firm standards.
• Responsible for coordinating transcription of audio recordings.
• Responsible for coordinating the printing and assembling of documents with office services personnel.
• Responsible for maintaining attorney contact lists through Outlook and Client Relationship Management system (i.e., InterAction).
• Responsible for timely submission of daily task log identifying projects and assignments.
• May be responsible for reviewing and revising client pre-bills.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience as a litigation secretary.
• Highly organized with ability to support multiple attorneys' practices and coordinate multiple tasks and requests effectively.
• Demonstrates strong time management expertise with ability to prioritize and anticipate practice needs.
• Demonstrates initiative to identify, monitor and execute tasks related to case timelines.
• Demonstrates strong written and verbal skills to communicate effectively with internal and external parties.
• Demonstrates advanced knowledge and proven expertise using Best Authority to produce Tables of Contents (TOC) and Tables of Authorities (TOA).
• Possesses extensive knowledge of court rules and ECF procedures.
• Demonstrates proficiency in using MS Office, Outlook and Adobe.
• Experience with document management systems (i.e., NetDocuments).
• Demonstrates expertise in BigHand to create compliant legal documents and correspondence.
• Demonstrates knowledge of legal terminology.

About Littler

Littler is the largest global employment and labor law practice in the world exclusively devoted to representing management. With more than 1,900 attorneys in over 100 offices worldwide, Littler serves as the single source solution provider to the global employer community. Consistently recognized in the industry as a leading and innovative law practice, Littler has been litigating, mediating and negotiating some of the most influential employment law cases and labor contracts on record for over 75 years.

Littler's unparalleled commitment to labor and employment law helps clients navigate a complex business world with nuanced legal issues- building better solutions for clients' toughest challenges. With deep experience and resources that are local, everywhere, Littler is fully focused on its clients. With a diverse team of the brightest minds, Littler fosters a culture that celebrates original thinking. And with powerful proprietary technology, Littler disrupts the status quo- delivering bold, groundbreaking innovation that prepares employers not just for what's happening today, but for what's likely to happen tomorrow.

Benefits

• benefits include comprehensive health, dental and vision plan for you, your spouse/domestic partner and children.
• superior 401(k) plan
• ample time off programs
• mental health programs
• family building and caregiving
• generous paid parental leave
• life insurance
• disability insurance
• a wellness program
• flexible spending accounts
• an employee referral bonus program

For more information about our benefits visit: www.littler.com/benefits/state-details.

For more information about our firm visit: www.littler.com.

Littler Mendelson is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

This job posting is a general description of the types of responsibilities that are required of an individual in this job. It is not intended to be a complete list of the responsibilities, duties and skills that may be required for this job.