Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Assistant - Fast-Paced Team Support

AppleOne Employment Services; Newport Beach (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Major medical

Dental

Vision

401k

Job summary

AppleOne Employment Services is representing a Newport Beach law firm seeking an experienced Bankruptcy Assistant to support attorneys in a fast-paced Bankruptcy and Restructuring practice.

This direct hire role requires hands-on bankruptcy experience, meticulous filing accuracy, and the ability to manage deadline-sensitive matters across complex cases, including Chapter 11 administration, CM/ECF filings, and PACER docket monitoring.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5+ years of bankruptcy legal assistant experience in a law firm environment.
• Hands-on bankruptcy experience.
• Hands-on CM/ECF and PACER experience.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, revise, proofread, and finalize bankruptcy petitions, motions, notices, objections, applications, declarations, proofs of claim, schedules, statements, plans, disclosure statements, and correspondence.
• Electronically file documents in federal bankruptcy courts using CM/ECF and monitor dockets, notices, and orders through PACER.
• Track bankruptcy hearings, Section 341 meetings, claims bar dates, objection deadlines, discovery deadlines, plan deadlines, and confirmation dates.
• Maintain creditor matrices, service lists, notices, certificates of service, hearing binders, confirmation binders, electronic files, and physical case files.
• Coordinate with bankruptcy courts, trustees, the U.S. Trustee's Office, claims and noticing agents, court reporters, local counsel, outside counsel, and internal legal teams.
• Provide administrative support including attorney calendaring, scheduling, travel coordination, new matter openings, conflicts, engagement letters, time entry, billing assistance, and expense review.

Skills

Bankruptcy experience

Legal assistant

Docket management

Education

Associate's or Bachelor's degree

Tools

CM/ECF

PACER

Job description

AppleOne Employment Services is representing a Newport Beach law firm seeking an experienced Bankruptcy Assistant to support attorneys in a fast-paced Bankruptcy and Restructuring practice.

This direct hire role requires hands-on bankruptcy experience, meticulous filing accuracy, and the ability to manage deadline-sensitive matters across complex cases, including Chapter 11 administration, CM/ECF filings, and PACER docket monitoring.