Legal Assistant

Consulting Edge; Fort Smith (AR); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Growth track

Mentor

Flexible hours

Full benefits

Job summary

Consulting Edge is hiring a Legal Assistant in Fort Smith, AR for a hybrid role that supports a growing team. The position offers a growth track, mentorship, full benefits, and flexible hours tailored to life in Fort Smith.

The role emphasizes root-cause analysis, cross-functional collaboration, and creating clear, timely legal and compliance communications. Compensation signals include a $50,000–$69,000 annual range with room to advance.

Qualifications

• Experience with discovery management and legal memoranda.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with diverse teams.
• Familiarity with hybrid schedules and team norms.

Responsibilities

• Chase down the root cause instead of slapping on a patch.
• Steer Consulting Edge's Compliance Auditing roadmap with both nerve and humility.
• Keep the Consulting Edge backlog ruthlessly honest about what's truly next.
• Bridge Brief Writing and Teamwork so neither team works in the dark.
• Sense when a Fort Smith relationship needs a call, not an email.

Skills

Root-cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Pattern recognition

Hybrid/work flexibility

Professional writing tone

Job description

Think of this Legal Assistant job at Consulting Edge as Stress Management without the red tape, plus a Fort Smith, AR team that actually ships. This general role at Consulting Edge turns 4 years into $50,000 - $69,000 and turns $50,000 - $69,000 into a stake in what comes next.

Key Responsibilities

• Chase down the root cause instead of slapping on a patch


• Steer Consulting Edge's Compliance Auditing roadmap with both nerve and humility


• Keep the Consulting Edge backlog ruthlessly honest about what's truly next


• Bridge Brief Writing and Teamwork so neither team works in the dark


• Sense when a Fort Smith relationship needs a call, not an email

What You'll Bring

• Fluency across Discovery Management and Legal Memoranda, with strong opinions on both


• Cross-functional ease, from Compliance Auditing engineers to Legal Memoranda marketers


• Pattern recognition earned across many general engagements


• Working familiarity with hybrid schedules and team norms at Consulting Edge


• Familiarity with Consulting Edge-scale workflows, or the appetite to reach them


• A writer's ear for tone in a high-stakes email

Consulting Edge took a tired corner of the general world and rebuilt it, brick by brick, from a small office in Fort Smith, AR. You'll never have to guess where you stand with your manager in this hybrid role.

Lead with the number, $50,000 - $69,000, then add a growth track, a mentor, full benefits, and hours that bend toward your Fort Smith life.

Hiring as we speak in Fort Smith, with daily reviews still underway.