Legal Assistant

Hall & Evans, LLC; Missoula (MT); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Job summary

Hall & Evans, LLC in Missoula seeks an experienced Legal Assistant to support civil litigation matters. Ideal candidates have paralegal or legal assistant experience, strong MS Office skills, excellent communication, and the ability to manage multiple projects with attention to detail.

This position offers a hybrid schedule with 3 days in the office and 2 days at home after training, and a hiring range of $50,000 to $77,300 annually. Some billable hours possible for the right candidate.

Qualifications

• Experience as Legal Assistant or Paralegal, with civil litigation exposure.
• Strong MS Office skills and professional communication abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and maintain attention to detail.
• Experience in insurance defense litigation, employment, public entity, or court of appeals is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assemble and file documents electronically.
• Prepare motion and discovery shells; assist with motion filings.
• Coordinate depositions and trials.
• Assist with preparation of trial, mediation, and arbitration documents.
• Interface professionally with clients, opposing counsel, and court staff.
• Maintain client files and schedule meetings and travel.
• Process client billing and payments; manage time entries for potential billable hours.
• Use Outlook/LSS calendaring and iManage for document management.

Skills

Paralegal experience

Civil litigation support

MS Office proficiency

Communication skills

Time management

Detail oriented

Client interfacing

Education

High school diploma

Paralegal certificate

Tools

iManage

Outlook

Excel

PDF editing (Acrobat)

Job description

The Missoula branch of Hall & Evans, LLC, is looking for an experienced Legal Assistant to join our team. Ideal candidates will have experience as a Legal Assistant or Paralegal, specifically assisting with civil litigation cases. Candidates should have an outstanding attitude, excellent MS Office skills, well-developed communication abilities, effectively managing multiple projects, and strong attention to detail. Insurance defense litigation, employment, public entity, and court of appeals experience preferred. There could be an opportunity to do billable hours.

The Missoula branch of Hall & Evans, LLC, is looking for an experienced Legal Assistant to join our team. Ideal candidates will have experience as a Legal Assistant or Paralegal, specifically assisting with civil litigation cases. Candidates should have an outstanding attitude, excellent MS Office skills, well-developed communication abilities, effectively managing multiple projects, and strong attention to detail. Insurance defense litigation, employment, public entity, and court of appeals experience preferred. There could be an opportunity to do billable hours.

This position offers a hybrid work schedule with 3 days in the office and 2 days at home after successfully completing training.

The hiring range for this position is $50,000 to $77,300 annually.

Requirements

• Assemble and file documents electronically;
• Prepare motion and discovery shells, motion filing;
• Expert coordination for depositions and trials;
• Assist with preparation of trial/mediation/arbitration documents;
• Interface professionally with clients, opposing counsel, court clerks;
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills;
• Process payment requests and coordinates the client billing process;
• Maintain client files and contact information;
• Schedule meetings, conference calls, depositions, court hearings, and travel arrangements;
• Outlook/LSS calendaring, and iManage document management program experience is highly preferred;
• Well-developed skills in editing, proofreading, and grammar;
• Ability to anticipate problems, find solutions, and prioritize work accordingly;
• Well-developed time management and organizational skills;
• Effectively manage a high-volume workload with critical deadlines;
• Ability to exercise a high degree of personal integrity, confidentiality, tact, discretion, and judgment;
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, and Excel);
• Knowledge of manipulation and editing of PDF documents using Acrobat Adobe;
• Ability to work overtime as necessary;
• Ability to do billable hours, preferred;
• Other administrative tasks, as assigned, and;
• Complex defense litigation experience is highly preferred.

Minimum of high school graduation; business school, or related professional legal secretarial degree or paralegal certificate strongly preferred.

Are we the right fit for you?

We are a firm that offers:

• Financial stability;
• Great benefits, many that are 100% paid by the Firm;
• Flexible Time Off
• A professional work environment, yet has a business casual dress code, in a modern office setting;
• A culture that is respectful and collegial;
• Onsite training to promote a continuous learning environment, and;
• Current technology and our own in‑house IT professionals!

Hall & Evans, LLC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.