Corporate Legal Assistant

Jeffer Mangels & Mitchell; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Jeffer Mangels & Mitchell LLP in Century City seeks a Corporate Legal Assistant to support attorneys by preparing and proofreading transactional documents, managing calendars, coordinating meetings, and maintaining client and matter files.

Requirements include at least 2 years' corporate legal experience, a High School Diploma (associate degree or higher preferred), and strong MS Office skills with document management experience.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years' experience as a Corporate Legal Assistant at a law firm or equivalent.
• High School Diploma or equivalent; Associate degree or higher preferred.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word and Outlook; experience with document management systems.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, proofread, and redline corporate and transactional documents.
• Manage attorney calendars, coordinate meetings and conference calls.
• Maintain organized client and matter files in the firm’s document management system.

Skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Education

High School Diploma

Associate degree or higher

Tools

Microsoft Word

Outlook

Document management systems

Job description

Summary

Jeffer Mangels & Mitchell LLP (JMM) is a client-focused law firm committed to delivering strong results. Our team values achievement, adaptability, initiative, professionalism, andresourcefulness, and we look for colleagues who share those qualities. If these values resonate with you and your experience aligns with our description below, we’d like to hear from you.

JMM is seeking a Corporate Legal Assistant to join our team in Century City. The Legal Assistant willsupport attorneys by preparing and proofreading transactional documents, managing attorney calendars, coordinating meetings and transaction-related activities, and maintaining organizedclient and matter files.

Essential Duties

• Harness your communication skills to prepare correspondence and legal documents,communicate with clients and other parties, and respond to requests for information byphone or email.
• Draw on your industry expertise to prepare, revise, format, proofread, and redline corporateand transactional documents and correspondence.
• Apply your organizational skills to manage attorney calendars, schedule meetings andconference calls, coordinate transaction-related activities, and arrange travel.
• Employ your attention to detail to organize and maintain client and matter files within thefirm's document management system, including corporate records and transaction-relateddocuments.
• Support attorneys with corporate transactions by coordinating documents, signatures, filings, deliveries, and other administrative aspects of transactions and closings.
• Collaborate with attorneys and Finance to review and process vendor payments, client-related expenses, and attorney expense reports.
• Engage with peers and other administrative teams to assist with overflow work andmiscellaneous other tasks as needed.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years' experience as a Corporate Legal Assistant at a law firm or equivalent.
• High School Diploma or equivalent. Associate degree or higher preferred.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word and Outlook. Experience withdocument management systems is preferred.

Position: Non-Exempt
Location: Century City. 5 days per week onsite for the first 30-days; then 4 days per week onsite, 1day per week remote thereafter.
Salary: $90k - $105k base