Land Use Legal Practice Assistant (Hybrid NYC)

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP in New York City is seeking a Legal Practice Assistant to provide comprehensive administrative and practice support to attorneys in the Land Use Department. The role emphasizes document production, organization, communication, and managing multiple priorities while maintaining accurate client, matter, and scheduling records in a hybrid NYC environment.

The position requires strong proofreading, formatting, and records-management skills, with advanced

Qualifications

• Prior experience providing administrative or legal practice support in a law firm or professional-services environment.

Responsibilities

• Schedule meetings, register visitors, and reserve conference rooms.
• Draft, create, format, and proofread memoranda, letters, and other documents.
• Prepare document comparisons and redlines using tracked changes, and maintain accurate document versions.
• Create PDFs and combine multiple documents into a single, organized PDF.
• Enter attorney time and prepare expense reimbursement submissions.
• Prepare FedEx and hand-delivery packages and coordinate outgoing materials.
• Maintain electronic and records-management filing systems.
• Assist with proforma organization, business-development tracking, mailbox cleanup, and printing.

Skills

Administrative support

Microsoft Word

Outlook

Adobe Acrobat

Proofreading

Records management

Communication

Tools

Document comparison

PDF assembly

Job description

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP in New York City is seeking a Legal Practice Assistant to provide comprehensive administrative and practice support to attorneys in the Land Use Department. The role emphasizes document production, organization, communication, and managing multiple priorities while maintaining accurate client, matter, and scheduling records in a hybrid NYC environment.

The position requires strong proofreading, formatting, and records-management skills, with advanced