Legal Administrative Assistant

ALA Gateway; Washington (IL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Medical, dental, vision

401K matching

Diversity-friendly environment

Job summary

Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC in St. Louis, MO is seeking a highly motivated Legal Administrative Assistant with 3–5 years of litigation experience to join our team.

You will provide legal support to attorneys and paralegals, manage calendars, emails, and filings, and help prepare documents with a focus on accuracy and confidentiality. The successful candidate demonstrates strong organizational skills, professionalism, and the ability to work under pressure.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of litigation experience required.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal support to attorneys and paralegals throughout the litigation process.
• Coordinate email, calendars, contacts, tasks, or similar communications.
• Coordinate phone calls, voicemail messages, and conference calls.
• Proofread documents for content, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and other errors.
• Finalize documents including redaction of confidential information.
• Assist with bates-stamping and organizing of exhibits and discovery.
• Complete electronic court filings in state, federal, and appellate courts.
• Schedule, coordinate, track, and manage meetings both internally and externally.

Skills

Litigation support

Calendar management

Document proofreading

Trial preparation

Email/phone coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in legal administration

Tools

Microsoft Office

Adobe Acrobat

ECF court filing systems

Job description

The Gateway Chapter’s Career Center provides information on employment opportunities for legal management professionals and other legal positions in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Positions available in the St. Louis area, along with a brief description, are listed below. To look at job postings outside of St. Louis, visit https://jobs.alanet.org/

Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC, a litigation defense firm with over 200 employees, is seeking a highly motivated and skilled Legal Administrative Assistant in the St. Louis office. The ideal candidate is professional in demeanor, detail-oriented, proactive, and enjoys working as a team. Strong organizational skills, the ability to work efficiently under pressure and quickly learn and integrate new technical skills and knowledge are required for success in this position.

3 - 5 years of litigation experience required.

All candidates must understand the importance of upholding firm and client confidentiality.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide legal support to attorneys and paralegals throughout the litigation process.
• Coordinate email, calendars, contacts, tasks, or similar communications.
• Coordinate phone calls, voicemail messages, and conference calls.
• Proofread documents for content, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and other errors.
• Finalize documents including redaction of confidential information.
• Assist with bates-stamping and organizing of exhibits and discovery.
• Complete electronic court filings in state, federal, and appellate courts.
• Schedule, coordinate, track, and manage meetings both internally and externally.
• Proactively monitor attorney calendars and prepare necessary documents for upcoming meetings, hearings, and depositions.
• Schedule and coordinate depositions and hearings.
• Initiate, track, and organize vendor payments and settlement checks.
• Schedule, coordinate, and track attorney travel.
• Communicate effectively, courteously, and professionally with clients, attorneys, and professional staff.
• Efficiently and effectively learn and utilize new and existing firm technology.

• Baker Sterchi offers competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, medical, dental, vision, basic and voluntary life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and 401K matching.
• Committed to promoting diversity within our organization and the legal community, we encourage candidates from all backgrounds.

About Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC

Founded in 1982, Baker Sterchi is a civil defense litigation and trial law firm with offices in Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Washington, Oregon, and Wisconsin. The firm provides comprehensive legal services across a broad range of practice areas, including commercial and business litigation, construction, employment and labor, insurance coverage and defense, law enforcement and civil rights, government liability, medical malpractice, premises liability, product liability, professional and management liability, trial practice and consulting, and transportation litigation. With a team of attorneys who bring decades of courtroom experience, Baker Sterchi is widely recognized for its trial skills and commitment to client service. For more information, visit bakersterchi.com.

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