Litigation Legal Assistant

Hall Prangle LLC; Carlsbad (CA); On-site; USD 46,750 - 63,250; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive total compensation

Full benefit package including group  

401(k) Plan

Annual Wellness benefits

Referral bonus program

Job summary

Hall Prangle LLC in Carlsbad, CA seeks a full-time legal assistant with 4+ years’ experience in defense litigation to support three attorneys. The role involves calendar management, drafting correspondence, and coordinating with courts and staff to deliver efficient results.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to multitask in a fast-paced environment while maintaining excellent communication with clients and team members.

Qualifications

• 4+ years as a Legal Assistant in a law firm supporting defense litigation.
• Knowledge of law terminology, concepts, and court procedures.
• Proficiency with MS Office, billing software; Milana and FileVine a plus.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills; highly organized and detail driven.

Responsibilities

• Maintains attorneys' calendars and schedules court appearances and meetings.
• Serves as intermediary between attorneys, staff and courts; relays communications.
• Generates correspondence; prepares filings and notices of filings/hearings.
• Creates and maintains client files, logs, and case-related information.
• Prepares and sends status updates to clients; assists with file preparation.
• Finalizes court pleadings and discovery; coordinates with paralegals on experts.

Skills

MS Office Proficiency

Time management

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Tools

Milana

FileVine

Billing Software

Online Document Management

Outlook Calendar

Job description

Who we Are

Hall Prangle LLC is a leading national trial defense law firm with a longstanding reputation for our success at trial, especially in high-exposure cases related to healthcare law. Our staff assert a team-centric approach to support our attorneys and cases, while maintaining a collegial culture where exceptional legal professionals want to work.

Description

Hall Prangle LLC is a leading national trial defense law firm with a longstanding reputation for our success at trial, especially in high-exposure cases related to healthcare law. Our staff assert a team-centric approach to support our attorneys and cases, while maintaining a collegial culture where exceptional legal professionals want to work.

About The Role

Hall Prangle is seeking to hire a full-time legal assistant in its Carlsbad office who has at least four (4) years’ experience as a litigation legal assistant. The legal assistant will be assigned to three attorneys and work collaboratively with them and the other staff to efficiently provide our clients with the best possible results. The right candidate will be skilled and hard-working as well as pleasant and personable.

Responsibilities

• Maintains attorneys' calendars.
• Schedules court appearances, client meetings, depositions, and other engagements. Ensures there are no scheduling conflicts and notifies attorneys of pending deadlines.
• Serves as intermediary between attorneys, firm personnel and the courts, relaying communications between each group.
• Generates all correspondence.
• Prepares and sends notices of filings, motions, and hearing to appropriate parties.
• Creates and maintains client files, records, logs, and any other information in relation to case file.
• Prepares and sends file correspondence to clients weekly with filings and status updates.
• Finalizes and files/serves all Court pleadings and discovery.
• Works with paralegals to ensure experts are retained and receive necessary documents.

What You Will Need To Succeed

• 4+ years as a Legal Assistant within a law firm supporting attorneys practicing defense litigation.
• Knowledge of concepts, terminology, principles, and procedures of the law.
• Knowledge of functions and jurisdictions of local, state, and federal courts and related agencies.
• Highly proficient using MS Office Suites: Word, Excel, Outlook, Billing Software, and On-Line Document Management Software. Experience with Milana and FileVine a plus.
• Expertise in using Outlook Calendars for scheduling and maintaining attorneys' busy court schedules.
• Experience in creating and maintaining documents, formatting, inputting, editing, retrieving, and copying; coordinating case preparation.
• Experience in tracking billing hours through billing software.
• Must be highly organized, able to multitask and juggle competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong time management skills and strong attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.

Why Hall Prangle?

Hall Prangle employees across the country demonstrate the firm\'s tireless commitment to excellence. We are committed to being the firm where our remarkable clients want to do business, talented teams want to work, and our communities can expect our support.

Our Benefits

Our goal is to support the well-being of our employees physically, emotionally, financially, and professionally.

• Competitive total compensation
• Full benefit package including group medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Basic Life Insurance, Long-and short-term disability, AD&D
• 401(k) Plan
• Annual Wellness benefits
• Referral bonus program

Salary Description

$55K/year (commensurate with experience)