Legal Assistant

Marks, O’Neill, O’Brien, Doherty, & Kelly P.C.; New York (NY); Sur place; USD 48 000 - 64 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

401k matching

Benefits package

Résumé du poste

Marks, O’Neill, O’Brien, Doherty, & Kelly P.C. is seeking a Legal Assistant to join our New York office on a full-time basis.

The ideal candidate will have 3–5 years of insurance defense litigation experience and be proficient in Microsoft Office, e-filing across all courts, and electronic practice management systems. Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and the ability to work independently as part of a team are essential.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of insurance defense litigation experience required.
• Detail-oriented, well organized, and a team player who can work independently.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite; formatting to meet court restrictions.
• Must have E-filing experience in all Courts.
• Experience with electronic practice management systems.
• Professional written and verbal skills for interacting with adversaries and adjusters.
• Basic understanding of legal terminology for editing documents.
• Strong computer skills for retrieval, document management, and litigation support.
• Typing skills to produce error-free legal documents quickly.

Responsabilités

• Handle electronic Court filings for Supreme, Civil, Federal, and CT Courts.
• Communicate with Courts and Clerks.
• Maintain attorney calendars for team meetings.
• Follow-up on delegated assignments until completion.
• Proofread, format, edit, and finalize pleadings including discovery requests and certificates of service.
• Prepare TOC and TOA for briefs.

Outils

Microsoft Office Suite

E-filing

Electronic practice management systems

Typing

Document formatting

Description du poste

One of the Northeast's premier insurance defense law firms, is seeking a Legal Assistant to work full-time in our New York office. Candidates must have prior law firm experience in the litigation practice area. We offer competitive salary and benefits and an employer-matched 401k program.

• Handle electronic Court filings; Supreme, Civil and Federal Courts, CT Courts knowledge and filing a plus
• Communicate with Courts/Clerks
• Maintains attorney calendars for Team Meetings
• Familiar with State and Federal Court rules, procedures and legal terminology
• Follow-up on delegated assignments until completed
• Proofread, format, edit and finalize pleadings which include and are not limited to discovery requests, stipulations, answers, Certificates of Service for attorney finalization.
• Prepares TOC and TOA for Briefs

Qualifications:

• 3-5 years of insurance defense litigation experience is required
• Applicant must be detail-oriented, well organized, and a team player who is able to work independently on assigned assignments
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite - styles, automatic paragraph numbering, Excel, PDF docs, to properly prepare documents according to various court restrictions
• Must have E-filing experience in all Courts
• Electronic practice management systems
• Professional written and verbal skills for interacting with adversaries and adjusters
• Basic understanding of legal terminology skills to edit and proofread documents
• Computer skills to use information retrieval, document management, appointments, litigation support and spreadsheet database software
• Typing skills to produce error-free legal documents quickly