Project Assistant

Proskauer Rose LLP; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 54,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Proskauer Rose LLP in Washington, DC, seeks an entry-level paralegal to support attorneys and senior paralegals across transactional, labor, and litigation matters.

The role involves organizing client requests, preparing pleadings and documents, coordinating filings, and assisting with witness materials, depositions, and closings. Candidates should be a recent college graduate with a BA/BS, strong written and verbal communication, and proficiency in MS Office; overtime may be required.

Qualifications

• Recent college graduate with a BA or BS degree from a 4-year college.
• Academically accomplished with excellent organizational skills. Willing to make a two-year commitment.
• Available to work overtime when required, including evenings and weekends.
• Ability to work well under pressure in a collaborative environment and handle multiple tasks efficiently.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Foreign language skills are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Arranging logistics for client requests, team meetings, depositions, and closings.
• Assisting attorneys with the preparation of pleadings, corporate documents, entity formations, contracts.
• Preparing, tracking and organizing witness materials, document productions, closing documents, signature pages, closing sets and filings.
• Coordinating court and government agency filings.
• Conducting statistical, factual and legal research and assembling data for analyses; compiling, organizing and reviewing client documents.
• Preparing for and attending depositions, arbitrations, trials and closings; maintaining case files, document databases and data rooms.
• Preparing audit letters for distribution to auditors and clients; conducting UCC searches and filing UCC filings; facilitating communication between clients and third parties.

Skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Description

The world’s leading organizations and global players choose Proskauer to represent them when they need it the most. With 900+ lawyers in key financial centers around the world, we are known for our pragmatic and business-savvy approach.

Proskauer is the place to turn when a matter is complex, innovative, and game-changing. We work seamlessly across practices, industries and jurisdictions with asset managers, private equity and venture capital firms, Fortune 500 and FTSE companies, major sports leagues, entertainment industry legends and other industry-redefining companies.

The Firm seeks an entry-level paralegal to assist attorneys and senior paralegals in all aspects of the transactional, labor and litigation processes.

Responsibilities

• Arranginglogisticsforclientrequests,teammeetings,depositions,andclosings
• Assistingattorneyswiththepreparationofpleadings,corporatedocuments,entity formations, contracts;
• Preparing,trackingandorganizingwitnessmaterials,documentproductions,closing documents, signature pages, closing sets and filings;
• Coordinatingcourtandgovernmentagencyfilings;
• Conductingstatistical,factualandlegalresearchandassemblingdataforanalyses; Compiling, organizing and reviewing client documents;
• Preparingforandattendingdepositions,arbitrations,trialsandclosings; Maintaining case files, document databases and data rooms;
• Preparingauditlettersfordistributiontoauditorsandclients; ConductingUCCsearchesandpreparingandfilingUCCfilings; Facilitating communicationbetween clients andthirdparties.

Qualifications

• RecentcollegegraduatewithaB.A.orB.S.degreefroma4yearcollege.
• Academicallyaccomplishedwithexcellentorganizationalskills. Willing to make a two-year commitment.
• Availabletoworkovertimewhenrequired,includingeveningsandweekends.
• Abilitytoworkwellunderpressureinacollaborativeenvironmentandhandlemultipletasks efficiently.
• Strongwrittenandoralcommunicationskills.
• ProficiencyinMicrosoftOutlook,Word,Excel,andPowerPoint. Foreign language skills are a plus.

This position will require physical presence in Proskauer’s offices on a regular basis (at least 3x per week, or more, if it becomes the policy of the Firm or as business needs require). The anticipated compensation for this position is $63,000 per year. The actual salary offered will be based on a number of factors including but not limited to the qualifications of the applicant, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and if applicable, the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.

Proskauer is committed to providing a work environment that includes equal opportunity without regard to race, color, gender, age, creed, sex, religion, national origin, disability (physical or mental), marital status, citizenship, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, or any other legally protected status.