Senior Litigation Administrative Assistant

Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Basic life insurance

Voluntary life insurance

Long-term disability insurance

401K matching

Job summary

Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC is seeking a highly motivated Legal Administrative Assistant for our St. Louis office. The ideal candidate will be professional, detail-oriented, proactive, and capable of working well in a team environment.

Required: 3–5 years of litigation experience and a strong commitment to client confidentiality. The role involves supporting attorneys and paralegals, managing calendars, filings, and coordination of meetings, depositions, and travel.

Qualifications

• 3 - 5 years of litigation experience required.
• All candidates must understand the importance of upholding firm and client confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal support to attorneys and paralegals throughout the litigation process.
• Coordinate email, calendars, contacts, tasks, or similar communications.
• Coordinate phone calls, voicemail messages, and conference calls.
• Proofread documents for content, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and other errors.
• Finalize documents including redaction of confidential information.
• Assist with bates-stamping and organizing of exhibits and discovery.
• Complete electronic court filings in state, federal, and appellate courts.
• Schedule, coordinate, track, and manage meetings both internally and externally.
• Proactively monitor attorney calendars and prepare necessary documents for upcoming meetings, hearings, and depositions.
• Schedule and coordinate depositions and hearings.
• Initiate, track, and organize vendor payments and settlement checks.
• Schedule, coordinate, and track attorney travel.
• Communicate effectively, courteously, and professionally with clients, attorneys, and professional staff.
• Efficiently and effectively learn and utilize new and existing firm technology.

Job description

Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC is seeking a highly motivated Legal Administrative Assistant for our St. Louis office. The ideal candidate will be professional, detail-oriented, proactive, and capable of working well in a team environment.

Required: 3–5 years of litigation experience and a strong commitment to client confidentiality. The role involves supporting attorneys and paralegals, managing calendars, filings, and coordination of meetings, depositions, and travel.