Practice Assistant - Litigation

Partnership Employment; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Partnership Employment in Portland, OR is seeking a legal administrative assistant to support attorneys with document management, billing, and client communications.

The role requires strong MS Office skills, attention to detail, travel scheduling, and the ability to manage filings and engagement letters. This on-site position offers opportunities to assist across matters within a collaborative legal team.

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with clients, lawyers, and staff.
• Proficient in MS Office; able to draft, format, edit, and proofread documents.
• Experience scheduling domestic and international travel and managing related logistics.
• Familiarity with invoicing, reimbursements, and basic billing support.

Responsibilities

• Communicate professionally with clients, lawyers, and coworkers by email, phone, and in person.
• Create, draft, format, edit, proofread, and manage Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations; draft forms and documents.
• Schedule domestic and foreign travel.
• Prepare, organize, and process reimbursements, invoices, etc.
• Collect information to run conflict checks, open new client matters, and draft engagement letters.
• Perform routine electronic and paper filing in an organized manner for easy access.
• Perform all file maintenance.
• Assist lawyers with time entry, billing, and collections as needed.

Skills

Effective communication

MS Office proficiency

Travel scheduling

Billing & time-entry support

Document management

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

• Communicate effectively and professionally with clients, lawyers, and co-workers via email, by telephone, and in person
• Create, draft, format, edit, proofread, and manage Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations; draft forms, and documents
• Schedule domestic and foreign travel
• Prepare, organize, and process reimbursements, invoices, etc.
• Collect and prepare information to run conflict checks, open new client matters, and draft engagement letters
• Perform routine electronic and paper filing in an organized manner for easy access
• Perform all file maintenance
• Assist lawyers with time entry, billing, and collection, as needed.