Litigation Legal Assistant - Hybrid, Career Growth

Clyde & Co US LLP; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Work Flexibility

Flexible Paid Time Off – Accrue 20 dA

Referral Rewards – Earn generousbonu

Mentorship & Career Growth – Access to

Engaging Culture – Social events,volu

Inclusive Parental Leave – Six months,

Comprehensive Health Benefits –Medical

Robust Disability Coverage – Short- &

Job summary

Clyde & Co US LLP in Los Angeles seeks an experienced legal assistant to support our trial and litigation team in a hybrid work environment.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of litigation support, legal filing experience in state and federal courts, and proficiency with MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Familiarity with FileSite or iManage is a plus, along with strong proofreading, organizational and communication skills.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a litigation/trial legal assistant or secretary.
• Must have legal experience, including filing with state and federal courts.
• Experience with appellate filing procedures is a plus.
• Strong work ethic, organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Ability to think ahead; to follow written and verbal instructions, strong writing, researching, and organization/flexibility and teamwork.
• Intermediate proficiency of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Previous experience with FileSite or iManage filing systems.
• Creative problem solver who takes initiative to accomplish tasks with a minimal level of supervision.
• Exceptional attention to detail and high proficiency in proofreading.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and work with professionals inside and outside the firm.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal and administrative support to a team of attorneys.
• Create, prepare, proofread, and amend high volume complex legal documents, pleadings, including table of contents and table of authorities, letters and emails.
• File pleadings with state and federal courts using various means, including electronic court filing systems.
• Calendar maintenance, such as scheduling hearings, briefing schedules, discovery deadlines, depositions, meetings, and knowledge of civil and federal court deadline filing dates, court rules, and procedures.
• Prepare for and assist in trials.
• Assist Paralegals in organizing case files and records maintenance.
• Assist with travel arrangements upon request including car, hotel and airfare reservations, and complete attorney monthly expenses to accounting.
• Administrative work, including billing, correspondence, invoices and reporting to clients.

Skills

Litigation support

Legal filing

Document proofreading

MS Office

Filing systems

Attention to detail

Discretion

Teamwork

Communication

Tools

iManage

FileSite

Job description

Clyde & Co US LLP in Los Angeles seeks an experienced legal assistant to support our trial and litigation team in a hybrid work environment.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of litigation support, legal filing experience in state and federal courts, and proficiency with MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Familiarity with FileSite or iManage is a plus, along with strong proofreading, organizational and communication skills.