Legal Support Specialist

Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A.; Georgia; On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A law firm in Georgia is seeking a Legal Support Expert to provide comprehensive case management support to attorneys. This full-time role involves handling pleadings, schedules, and client communications while ensuring adherence to legal procedures and guidelines. Ideal candidates will have remote legal experience and exceptional time management skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year working fully remote for a law firm.
• Minimum of 3 consecutive years as a Defense legal assistant or paralegal in a law firm.
• Minimum of 1 year in a law firm or other professional environment in a training role, as a corporate trainer or educator preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day case management support to multiple attorneys.
• Adhere to Client guidelines and written procedures.
• Maintain and manage task lists and communication with client contacts.

Skills

Strong time management skills

Strong communication skills

Ability to follow written procedures

Ability to manage multiple attorneys

Research skills

Job description

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About the Role:

The Legal Support Expert will be part of a centralized department, consisting of experienced legal professionals who can step into different areas, firmwide, during times of staffing shortages, the opening of new offices or teams with a flux of projects, and provide those teams with a range of case management support, while maintaining excellent legal service standards. This center will be an extension of our training and professional development department as we strive to provide support through education, training, and mentoring initiatives.

As a Legal Support Expert, you will exercise your strong time management and communication skills, ability to prioritize requests while adhering to written procedures, communicate instructions, local court rules/procedures, and exercise strong research skills and discipline while working remotely and independently.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 1 year working fully remote for a law firm.
• Minimum of 3 consecutive years as a Defense legal assistant or paralegal in a law firm.
• Minimum of 1 year in a law firm or other professional environment in a training role, as a corporate trainer or educator preferred.
• Strong understanding of legal assistant responsibilities.
• Strong time management and communication skills.
• Ability to follow written procedures and client guidelines independently.
• Ability to balance the needs of multiple attorneys in a fast-paced, growing law firm.
• Ability to work independently with little instruction.
• Access to internet.

Responsibilities:

• Provide day-to-day case management support to multiple attorneys and/or litigation teams: opening and closing files, heavy scheduling, drafting pleadings, managing NPNP processes and medical records, drafting letters and other correspondence.
• Adhere to Client guidelines.
• Adhere to written procedures overseeing firmwide processes and team-specific procedures.
• Adhere to the individual litigation team’s communicated instructions regarding tasks and deadlines.
• Adhere to the individual litigation team’s local rules and procedures.
• Maintain and manage task lists.
• Maintain and manage relationships and communications with client contacts, experts, and/or vendors.
• Maintain and manage individual Teams calendars and case deadlines.
• Maintain and manage individual Teams court mail.
• Maintain and manage administrative tasks, including but not limited to scanning, copying, data entry, and processing invoices.
• Maintain and manage firmwide case management systems.

Seniority level

Not Applicable

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Legal

Industries

Law Practice