Legal Administrative Assistant

Dallas County; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Dallas County seeks a professional to provide routine secretarial support for a unit of attorneys, ensuring efficient completion of work. Use computer skills to create reusable document forms, screen calls, and organize files and calendars.

With minimal supervision, rely on experience to plan and accomplish tasks, assist attorneys with drafting standard forms, and handle routine inquiries and office duties. Experience with legal office software is a plus.

Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma or GED; 3 years of related work experience or 45 college credits or a combination.
• Must be able to type 50 words per minute and proficient in word processing, spreadsheets and databases.
• Testing may include 10-key, data entry, grammar, and spelling tests as determined by the department head.

Responsibilities

• Assists attorneys by making follow-up calls on cases, retrieving documents and drafting legal correspondence using standardized formats.
• Acts as department liaison: greets, screens, routes visitors and incoming calls, takes messages, and answers routine inquiries.
• Enters and maintains case and statistical data and generates related reports.
• Maintains filing system, including receiving, filing, sorting, verifying and routing a variety of legal documents.
• Assists attorneys with copying, delivering correspondence, filing papers with the courts and maintaining office supplies.
• Provides limited assistance to attorneys regarding computer/software issues.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Typing 50 wpm

MS Word

MS Excel

Database skills

Organizational skills

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

Database software

Job description

Dallas County seeks a professional to provide routine secretarial support for a unit of attorneys, ensuring efficient completion of work. Use computer skills to create reusable document forms, screen calls, and organize files and calendars.

With minimal supervision, rely on experience to plan and accomplish tasks, assist attorneys with drafting standard forms, and handle routine inquiries and office duties. Experience with legal office software is a plus.