Legal Practice Assistant

WFB Ashurst Perkins Coie US LLP; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 63,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

401(k) plan

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

PTO 20 days annually

Parental leave

10 paid holidays

Family care benefits

Job summary

Ashurst Perkins Coie US LLP is seeking a Commercial Litigation - Legal Practice Assistant Elevate Legal Support to provide high-level administrative and legal support to attorneys and practice teams. The role involves handling calendars, documents, client materials, and billing while contributing to technology initiatives and business development.

The position requires strong organizational and communication skills, discretion, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Strong administrative and legal support experience in a law firm, legal department, or professional services environment.
• Excellent organizational, time-management, communication, writing, proofreading, and attention-to-detail skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, document management systems, workflow tools, and other legal technology.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build effective relationships with attorneys, clients, and colleagues.
• Excellent judgment, initiative, problem-solving skills, discretion, and commitment to confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Provide proactive support with calendars, scheduling, travel, meetings, communications, and deadlines.
• Prepare, format, edit, proofread, and manage legal documents, correspondence, presentations, and client materials.
• Monitor attorney workloads, deadlines, assignments, and follow-up activities to ensure timely completion.
• Maintain accurate files, client information, legal databases, and document management systems.
• Coordinate with attorneys, clients, paralegals, business professionals, vendors, and internal teams to support client matters.
• Assist with client meetings, events, proposals, presentations, business development activities, and attorney transitions.
• Support billing and administrative processes, including time entry, invoices, expenses, and client intake.
• Assist with technology initiatives, workflow management, process improvements, and operational projects.
• Maintain confidentiality, exercise sound judgment, and consistently represent the firm with professionalism.

Skills

Administrative support

Legal support

Organization

Communication

Writing

Proofreading

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Interpersonal skills

Discretion

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

Document management systems

Workflow tools

CRM systems

Job description

Job Description: Commercial Litigation - Legal Practice Assistant Elevate Legal Support. At Ashurst Perkins Coie US LLP, our people are our greatest asset. We’re seeking a detail-oriented, highly organized legal professional to provide high-level administrative and legal support to attorneys and practice teams. This role supports legal operations, client service, document management, technology initiatives, and business development while managing multiple priorities with discretion and professionalism. This position requires employees to be in the office five days per week for the first 30 days, then three days per week thereafter.

What You’ll Do

• Provide proactive support with calendars, scheduling, travel, meetings, communications, and deadlines.
• Prepare, format, edit, proofread, and manage legal documents, correspondence, presentations, and client materials.
• Monitor attorney workloads, deadlines, assignments, and follow-up activities to ensure timely completion.
• Maintain accurate files, client information, legal databases, and document management systems.
• Coordinate with attorneys, clients, paralegals, business professionals, vendors, and internal teams to support client matters.
• Assist with client meetings, events, proposals, presentations, business development activities, and attorney transitions.
• Support billing and administrative processes, including time entry, invoices, expenses, and client intake.
• Assist with technology initiatives, workflow management, process improvements, and operational projects.
• Maintain confidentiality, exercise sound judgment, and consistently represent the firm with professionalism.

What You’ll Bring

• Strong administrative and legal support experience in a law firm, legal department, or professional services environment.
• Excellent organizational, time-management, communication, writing, proofreading, and attention-to-detail skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, document management systems, workflow tools, and other legal technology.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build effective relationships with attorneys, clients, and colleagues.
• Excellent judgment, initiative, problem-solving skills, discretion, and commitment to confidentiality.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Five-plus years of legal or professional services administrative experience preferred.
• Experience supporting senior-level attorneys, executives, or professional teams preferred.
• Familiarity with legal operations, compliance, CRM systems, document management, or process improvement initiatives.

Why Join Ashurst Perkins Coie?

Join a collaborative, high-performing legal team where your organizational skills, attention to detail, and proactive approach directly support attorneys, clients, and firm operations. This role offers the opportunity to contribute across legal support, client service, business development, technology, and process improvement while working in a professional and supportive environment. This position is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, 401(k) plan, medical, dental, and vision insurance, accrued paid time off plan starting at 20 days annually, personal medical and parental leave, up to 10 paid holidays, and family care benefits.

More information regarding benefits and programs may be found here. This position may be filled in the following location. The listed compensation range reflects the typical pay for this role, though it is rare for new hires to receive an offer at the top of the range. Actual compensation may vary depending on experience, skills, market conditions, and internal equity. Washington state compensation range: $63,240 to $113,830 annually This position has an application deadline of October 7th, 2026.

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