Legal Word Processor & Document Quality Specialist

Considine Search; New York (NY); On-site; USD 89,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare insurance

Benefits package

Job summary

Considine Search is seeking a detail-oriented Document Specialist to support a law firm with high-volume word processing, drafting and formatting of court filings, agreements and letters.

You will collaborate with lawyers, paralegals and assistants, maintain document tracking, perform quality control, and help with training new staff. Proficiency in Word, PowerPoint and Excel is essential.

Qualifications

• Two+ years of word processing experience, preferably in a law firm.
• Proofreading for quality; adherence to quality checklists.
• Strong commitment to customer service and meeting deadlines.
• Flexible to overtime, including weekends and late shifts.
• Interest in technology and ability to learn new software.
• Familiarity with document scanning and handling.

Responsibilities

• Provides excellent customer service; keeps customers updated on work in progress and completes incoming projects by requested deadlines.
• Creates, revises and converts various types of documents such as court filings, agreements, contracts, leases, letters, memoranda, pleadings, etc. using Microsoft Office and other tools.
• Conducts document quality review procedures for accuracy to produce high-quality work in a timely fashion.
• Maintains document tracking and completion estimates on all documents submitted as they are received and updates status.
• Scans materials and performs document cleanup and formatting.
• Ensures documents are accurate and consistently formatted and professional in appearance.

Skills

Word processing

Proofreading

Customer service

Overtime flexible

Tech-savvy

Document scanning

Tools

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

DocXTools

Excel

Job description

Considine Search is seeking a detail-oriented Document Specialist to support a law firm with high-volume word processing, drafting and formatting of court filings, agreements and letters.

You will collaborate with lawyers, paralegals and assistants, maintain document tracking, perform quality control, and help with training new staff. Proficiency in Word, PowerPoint and Excel is essential.