Litigation Practice Assistant - Administrative & Trial Prep

Nexus Staff for Businesses; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Nexus Staff for Businesses in Irvine, CA seeks an experienced Litigation Practice Assistant to support discovery, filings, trial prep, and billing records. You will anticipate needs of the attorneys and manage timekeeping with strict confidentiality and accuracy.

Responsibilities cover filing in state and federal courts, client communications, travel arrangements, conflict checks, and collaboration with Billing to ensure invoices are correct and timely. A strong litigation background is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent demonstrated ability to perform the duties of the position.
• Minimum of eight (8) years of administrative experience working in an administrative support role in a legal or professional services environment.
• Experience working in Litigation required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a deep understanding of department objectives, key activities, and requirements to anticipate and proactively address the needs of the team.
• Perform administrative tasks for lawyers and other timekeepers requiring specialized knowledge of a practice area and an understanding of procedures with minimal supervision.
• Prepare and file legal documents in State and Federal courts, including electronic filings.
• Prepare other legal documents, correspondence, and binders.
• Provide other administrative duties, such as managing contacts, calendars, travel, expense reports, check requisitions, and opening and closing files.
• Support new client and business development efforts, including opening new matters and submitting conflict of interest checks.
• Code and enter timekeeper's time and costs in the firm's time and billing systems.
• Handle all tasks related to client billing to include prebills, edits/corrections, distribution and review of invoices and maintain a working knowledge of billing requirements from clients.
• Partner with the Billing team to ensure client bills are processed accurately and on time.
• Handle complex tasks, such as reviewing detailed information, submissions, and reports and coordinating the distribution of these and other materials.
• Collaborate and liaise with resources inside and outside the firm as appropriate to coordinate all aspects of workflow support for attorneys and complete projects or tasks.
• Provide overflow assistance to administrative legal support team.

Skills

Litigation knowledge

Communication skills

Project management

Confidentiality

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Nexus Staff for Businesses in Irvine, CA seeks an experienced Litigation Practice Assistant to support discovery, filings, trial prep, and billing records. You will anticipate needs of the attorneys and manage timekeeping with strict confidentiality and accuracy.

Responsibilities cover filing in state and federal courts, client communications, travel arrangements, conflict checks, and collaboration with Billing to ensure invoices are correct and timely. A strong litigation background is required.