Litigation Legal Assistant: Trial Support & Hybrid Work

Clyde & Co US; California; Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Work Flexibility

Flexible PTO

Referral Rewards

Mentorship & Career Growth

Engaging Culture

Parental Leave

Health Benefits

Disability Coverage

Job summary

Clyde & Co US LLP seeks a legal assistant with 5+ years of experience to provide excellent secretarial and administrative support to our trial and litigation team. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working in a paperless environment and will tailor to the unique support needs of each attorney while ensuring the smooth running of the group and department as a whole.

The position offers Hybrid Work Flexibility, 20 days PTO, holidays, travel assistance, and comprehensive health benefits.

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 are essential.
• Ability to think ahead; follow written and verbal instructions; strong writing, researching, and organizational skills.
• Intermediate proficiency of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Discretion with confidential information when working 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

Document drafting

Court filing

Calendar management

Travel coordination

Billing & invoicing

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Confidential information handling

Tools

FileSite

iManage filing systems

Job description

Clyde & Co US LLP seeks a legal assistant with 5+ years of experience to provide excellent secretarial and administrative support to our trial and litigation team. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working in a paperless environment and will tailor to the unique support needs of each attorney while ensuring the smooth running of the group and department as a whole.

The position offers Hybrid Work Flexibility, 20 days PTO, holidays, travel assistance, and comprehensive health benefits.