Family Law Legal Assistant
- $50,000 - $65,000
- Pittsburgh, PA
A bit about us:
Our client is a Pittsburgh headquartered law firm with multiple offices across several states, providing services to clients nationwide. Their clientele includes large corporations, privately-held companies, municipal entities, small businesses, and partnerships across various industries and sectors. Their attorneys are dedicated to addressing matters practically and efficiently, ensuring that each client's needs are met in the best possible manner.
Why join us?
Our client offers a collegial work environment with competitive salary and benefits, including a hybrid work schedule health, dental, and vision insurance, life and long-term disability insurance, and a 401(k) program.
Job Details
Our client is seeking a highly motivated, experienced legal assistant to provide support for attorneys in their Family Law practice area.
Job responsibilities would include:
The ideal candidate must have the following skills for consideration:
Job responsibilities would include:
- Transcribing, composing, formatting, editing, proofreading, and finalizing all forms of documents, correspondence, and pleadings.
- New client intake and preparing conflicts checks.
- Preparing and filing of pleadings such as Appearances, Answers, and Motions.
- Coordinating, maintaining, and calendaring upcoming trial dates, arbitrations, depositions, and all corresponding status notes.
- Maintain attorney calendars.
- Sending out and organizing discovery documents.
The ideal candidate must have the following skills for consideration:
- At least 5 years’ experience assisting attorneys in family law.
- Strong attention to detail in all work.
- Ability to manage multiple files and to prioritize workloads to effectively meet all deadlines.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to interact professionally with all levels of management, staff and clients.
- Forward thinking, organized, and a team player.
- Ability to independently solve problems and exercise sound judgment with minimal direction.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products – Outlook and Word.
- Experience with iManage & Prolaw a plus.
Jobot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide an inclusive work environment that celebrates diversity and all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Sometimes Jobot is required to perform background checks with your authorization. Jobot will consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with any applicable federal, state, or local law regarding criminal backgrounds, including but not limited to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
Sometimes Jobot is required to perform background checks with your authorization. Jobot will consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with any applicable federal, state, or local law regarding criminal backgrounds, including but not limited to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.