Bankruptcy Legal Administrative Assistant

Dinsmore; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 88,000 - 108,000; Full time

Job summary

Dinsmore in San Diego, CA seeks a Legal Administrative Assistant for the Bankruptcy practice group. You will support attorneys with drafting correspondence, filing pleadings, calendaring deadlines, and coordinating travel in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements include 3+ years of bankruptcy support, ECF/PACER filing experience, strong Word editing, timekeeping software and document management systems proficiency, and excellent written and verbal communication.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years bankruptcy support experience.
• Calendaring deadlines experience.
• Detail oriented, highly skilled, and flexible.
• Knowledge of bankruptcy processes and procedures.
• Filing/e-filing in state and federal courts; ECF and PACER.
• Experience with attorney timekeeping software and document management systems.
• Proficient in MS Office Suite; strong Word editing.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and prioritize workload.
• Excellent writing, grammar, proofreading and attention to detail.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Team player and independent worker; thrives in fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Drafting correspondence, editing and filing pleadings with state and federal courts.
• Scheduling depositions, maintaining attorney calendars and files.
• Making travel arrangements; creating and maintaining expense reports and time entry.
• Reviewing and editing pre-bills; performing other administrative duties as assigned.

Skills

Calendar management

Attention to detail

Time management

Strong communication skills

Editing complex documents

Tools

MS Office Suite

Document management systems

Timekeeping software

ECF

PACER

Job description

Dinsmore is seeking a Legal Administrative Assistant at our San Diego, CA location to join the Bankruptcy practice group.

Responsibilities

• Drafting correspondence, editing and filing pleadings with state and federal courts, scheduling depositions, maintaining attorney calendars and files, making travel arrangements, creating and maintaining accurate expense reports and time entry, reviewing and editing of pre-bills, and other administrative duties as assigned

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years of experience with bankruptcy support
• Strong experience calendaring deadlines
• The ideal candidate will be highly skilled, detail oriented, and flexible
• Working knowledge and understanding of bankruptcy processes and procedures
• Filing/e-filing experience in state and federal courts, ECF, and Pacer
• Experience using attorney timekeeping software and document management systems
• Must have experience and proficiency using MS Office Suite
• Strong experience editing complex Word documents
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and have the ability to prioritize a busy workload
• Excellent writing, grammar, proofreading skills, and meticulous attention to detail
• Possess strong organizational and time management skills
• Proven success as a positive team player, as well as an independent worker
• Ability to excel in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills are required

Salary Up to 98k