Personal Injury Legal Assistant

Blankingship & Keith, P.C.; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Generous paid time off

Job summary

Blankingship & Keith, PC, a Fairfax City law firm, seeks an experienced legal assistant to support Personal Injury attorneys from intake to disposition. Candidate will handle litigation support, document preparation, e-filing, and complex correspondence, using AI and firm systems.

You will manage calendars, time entries, billing, travel coordination, and file maintenance, working in a close-knit team with strong proofreading and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in personal injury litigation.
• Strong communication and proofreading skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.

Responsibilities

• Prepare documents for state and federal court filings, including discovery, subpoenas, pleadings, and motions.
• Perform e-filing in various courts and manage document management systems.
• Schedule meetings, maintain attorney calendars, and handle new client intake.
• Handle time entry and billing; coordinate travel and reimbursements.

Skills

Litigation support

Administrative skills

Microsoft Office

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Tools

E-filing systems

Time and billing systems

Document management

Job description

Blankingship & Keith, PC, a 45 lawyer Fairfax City law firm, has an opportunity for an experienced legal assistant with demonstrable litigation, technical and administrative skills to support attorneys in our Personal Injury practice group by assisting with ourcases from intake to final disposition, using AI, creating electronic files, preparing and processing correspondence, memoranda and complex legal documents, and performing other legal administrative functions.

We pride ourselves on a team environment, a limited case load, unusual cases,and the opportunity to make meaningful changes in our clients’ lives.We are not an assembly line, hundreds of car crash cases practice.

Litigation responsibilities include preparing documents for state and federal court filings, including discovery requests and responses, subpoenas, letters, pleadings, motions and documents, as well as e-filing in various state and federal courts. Administrative duties include scheduling meetings and appointments, maintaining attorney calendars and contact information, new client intake, time entry and billing, file maintenance utilizing the firm's electronic records management system, and travel coordination and expense reimbursement. We value litigation assistants’ opinions on case selection, clients, case value and other issues that deeply affect our practice.

Qualified applicants must possess strong communication, organizational, and client service skills and be able to work in a team-oriented environment with accurate spelling, grammar and proofreading.

This position requires a minimum of 5 years of experience in personal injury and a high degree of proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel and Outlook. Experience supporting attorneys in personal injury litigation is required. Experience with e-filing, document management and time and billing systems is required.

Salary range $33-$44 per hour

We offer an excellent compensation package including a comprehensive benefits and a generous paid time off program.

Blankingship & Keith is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a culturally diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, age, national origin, handicap or disability, citizenship, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, transgender status, or any other category protected by applicable law.