Legal Assistant

Freeman, Mathis & Gary; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Comprehensive benefits (medical,Dental

HSA and FSA plans

Work-life balance

Generous PTO

401(k) with employer contribution

Profit sharing

Life insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Year-end bonuses

Firm-wide socials

Job summary

Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP in Downtown Dallas is seeking an experienced legal assistant to join our busy civil litigation team. This 100% in-office role requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and a client-focused approach to support attorneys across multiple files.

Key responsibilities include drafting and proofreading legal correspondence, managing attorney calendars, handling federal and state filings, and maintaining confidential client files.

Qualifications

• Civil Litigation experience preferred.
• 2+ years litigation secretarial experience.
• Experience with federal and state filings.
• Must pass background and drug screen.

Responsibilities

• Draft and review legal correspondence, proofreading for errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, and formatting.
• Prepares and collect conflict of interest checks, open new files and maintain client files.
• Maintains attorneys’ calendars with dates of importance.
• Familiar with State and Federal court filings, including submission of electronic filings.
• Ability to organize and prioritize numerous tasks and complete them under time constraints with minimal supervision.
• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Ownership

Organization

Tools

iManage

Outlook

Job description

Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP is a nationally recognized Am Law 200 law firm with over 500 attorneys servicing clients in 40 offices and 22 states seeking an experienced legal assistant to join our Downtown Dallas office. We are eagerly seeking candidates who foster a teamwork mentality, have excellent communication skills, are problem-solvers, and are willing to take ownership of their job. Flexibility and excellent organization skills are key in our fast-paced environment.

This is a 100% in office position and remote work is not available.

The following set of success factors describe the characteristic of those who are successful in our Firm:

• Helpful,Congenial,Personable,Positive
• Unpretentious,Approachable,Respectful,TeamOriented
• Accountable,TakesOwnership,CorrectsMistakes
• Organized,Timely,Confidential,Responsive(within24hours)

EssentialDutiesandResponsibilities:

• Draftandreviewlegalcorrespondenceincludingthoroughlyproofreadingforerrorsingrammar,spelling,punctuation,andformatting.
• Preparesandcollectconflictofinterestchecks,opennewfilesandmaintainclientfiles.
• Maintainsattorneys’calendarswithdatesofimportance.
• FamiliarwithStateandFederalcourtfilings,includingsubmissionofelectronicfilings.
• Abilitytoorganizeandprioritizenumeroustasksandcompletethemundertimeconstraintswithminimalsupervision.
• Abilitytomaintainahighlevelofconfidentiality.

Qualifications

• Positiveattitudeandabilitytoeffectivelycommunicatewithattorneys,staff,andclients.
• CivilLitigationexperience,preferred.
• Experiencewithfederalandstatefilings.
• 2+yearslitigationsecretarialexperience.
• KnowledgeofiManageandOutlookisaplus.
• Mustsuccessfullypassabackgroundanddrugscreen.

Whatweofferyou

• Competitivecompensation
• Comprehensivebenefitspackage,includingmedical,dental,andvision
• HSAandFSAplansavailableforemployeesanddependents
• Work-lifebalance
• GenerousPTOpolicy
• 401Kplanincludinga3%EmployerSafeHarborcontribution
• 1.5%ProfitSharingcontribution
• Firmpaidlifeinsuranceandlong-termdisability
• EmployeeAssistanceProgram
• Year-endbonusesandreferralfeeprograms
• Regularfirmwidesocialsandevents

Actualbasepaywithintherangewillalsobedependentonotherfactors,includingbutnotlimitedto,relevantexperience,internalequity,skills,qualifications,andotherjob-relatedfactorspermittedbylaw.

EEOStatement

FreemanMathis&Gary,LLP(FMG)iscommittedtoprovidingequalemploymentopportunitiestoallapplicantsandemployeesbymaintainingaworkplacefreeofdiscriminationbasedonrace,color,religion,sex,nationalorigin,age,disability,geneticinformation,oranyotherprotectedstatusasprovidedbylaw.FMGcomplieswithallapplicablefederal,state,andlocallaws.Thispositionissubjecttoourdrugâfreeworkplacepolicy,whichincludestheabilitytopassapreâemploymentdrugscreen.EmployeesmaybesubjecttoreasonableâsuspiciondrugtestinginaccordancewithFirmpoliciesoutlinedintheEmployeeHandbook.