Aviation Legal Assistant — Hybrid, Trial & Filing Pro

Clyde & Co; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Work Flexibility

Paid Time Off

Referral Rewards

Mentorship & Career Growth

Engaging Culture

Inclusive Parental Leave

Wellbeing Benefits

Comprehensive Health Benefits

Retirement Benefits

Job summary

Clyde & Co US LLP seeks an experienced legal assistant to provide excellent secretarial and administrative support to attorneys and paralegals in our New York office. The role requires comfort in a paperless environment and tailoring support to individual attorneys to ensure smooth group operations.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years as a legal assistant or secretary, experience with court filings, and proficiency in e-filing.

Qualifications

• Strong work ethic, organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills are essential.
• Ability to think ahead and follow written and verbal instructions; strong writing, researching, organization and teamwork.
• Intermediate proficiency of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Creative problem solver who takes initiative to accomplish tasks with minimal supervision.
• Exceptional attention to detail and proofreading.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and work with professionals inside and outside the firm.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal and administrative support to a team of attorneys.
• Create, prepare, proofread, and amend high volume complex legal documents and pleadings, including table of contents and table of authorities, letters and emails.
• File pleadings with state and federal courts using electronic filing systems.
• Calendar maintenance: scheduling hearings, deadlines, depositions, and meetings.
• Prepare for and assist in trials.
• Assist Paralegals in organizing case files and records maintenance.
• Assist with travel arrangements and accounting of expenses.
• Administrative work: billing, correspondence, invoices and reporting to clients.

Skills

Work ethic

Organization

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Written communication

Research skills

Teamwork

Discretion

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Clyde & Co US LLP seeks an experienced legal assistant to provide excellent secretarial and administrative support to attorneys and paralegals in our New York office. The role requires comfort in a paperless environment and tailoring support to individual attorneys to ensure smooth group operations.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years as a legal assistant or secretary, experience with court filings, and proficiency in e-filing.