Dynamic Litigation Admin Assistant — Hybrid, DC

Dentons; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 78,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

Dentons US LLP is seeking a Legal Administrative Assistant to support our Litigation team in Washington, DC. This hybrid position requires three days in-office and involves document prep, client billing, time entry, and calendar management for multiple lawyers in a collaborative environment.

Ideal candidates have strong organizational and communication skills, experience with court filings, and a commitment to excellent client service. Overtime availability may be required.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ Litigation secretarial experience in a mid to large sized law firm.
• Proficient in document preparation, filing, time entry, expenses, travel arrangements, and calendar maintenance.
• Familiar with state and federal court rules.
• Ability to support attorneys across practice groups, as well as multiple attorney assignments at one time.
• Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and client service.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for document preparation, editing, file maintenance, and client billing.
• Work with timekeepers, input time entry, file electronic court filings, pleadings, and process mail.
• Client contact in person and over the phone.
• Travel arrangements and reimbursements.
• Handles confidential/sensitive firm and/or client information.
• These duties may be ongoing or ad-hoc in nature.

Skills

Litigation secretarial experience

Document preparation

Time entry

Court filing

Calendar maintenance

MS Word

Outlook

Excel

PowerPoint

Client service

Multi-tasking

Overtime availability

Tools

MS Word

Outlook

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Dentons US LLP is seeking a Legal Administrative Assistant to support our Litigation team in Washington, DC. This hybrid position requires three days in-office and involves document prep, client billing, time entry, and calendar management for multiple lawyers in a collaborative environment.

Ideal candidates have strong organizational and communication skills, experience with court filings, and a commitment to excellent client service. Overtime availability may be required.