Legal Assistant

Hall & Evans, LLC; Santa Fe (NM); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great benefits provided by the Firm

Professional work environment

Continuous training opportunities

Job summary

A law firm in Santa Fe is seeking an experienced Legal Assistant or Paralegal with 5+ years of experience to support its complex civil litigation practice. The role includes assembling and filing documents, coordinating depositions, and maintaining client files. Additional skills required are excellent communication and technology skills, as well as proficiency in Microsoft Office. This position offers a hybrid work schedule after training completion, along with generous benefits.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5+ years of legal assistant or paralegal experience preferred.
• Ability to handle document assembly and filing.
• Coordination for depositions and trials.
• Interface professionally with clients, opposing counsel, court clerks.
• Maintain client files and contact information.

Responsibilities

• Assemble and file documents electronically.
• Prepare motion and discovery shells.
• Maintain client files and schedule meetings.
• Schedule meetings, conference calls, depositions, court hearings, and travel.
• Maintain calendars using Outlook/LSS and manage PDFs with Acrobat.

Skills

Legal Assistant or Paralegal experience

Excellent interpersonal skills

Effective verbal and written communication

Technology skills

Time management and organizational skills

Ability to anticipate problems

Proficient in Microsoft Office

Editing, proofreading, and grammar skills

Education

High school graduation

Business school or related paralegal certificate

Business school background

Tools

Microsoft Office

Adobe Acrobat

Outlook/LSS calendaring

iManage document management program

Acrobat PDF editing

Job description

Overview

Hall & Evans is seeking a candidate with legal assistant or paralegal experience, preferably 5+ years, to support its complex civil litigation practice in our Santa Fe office. This position can require billable hours. We offer a hybrid working schedule (3 days/office and 2 days/home) after successful completion of training.

Requirements

• Legal Assistant or Paralegal experience - 5+ years, preferred;
• 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;
• Excellent technology 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;
• Effective verbal and written communication skills;
• 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:

• Great benefits, many that are 100% paid by the Firm;
• A professional work environment, yet has a business casual dress code;
• A culture that is respectful and collegial;
• Training to promote a continuous learning environment;
• Current technology and our own in-house IT professionals!

Equal employment opportunity

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.