Legal Assistant
Our San Francisco-based office is seeking a seasoned legal assistant with experience and interest in both administrative office and litigation support. The ideal candidate will have experience filing in California and federal courts and supporting a small office with various administrative duties.
Why Consider Us?
We are a fast-growing national law firm devoted exclusively to helping clients solve problems involving the nation’s most complex and high-profile projects in transit, rail, real estate, land use, infrastructure, project financing, airports, renewable energy, environmental, conservation, and tribal law. The Firm’s work is often highly visible to the public. The work we do is rewarding and we are tremendously proud of the superior services our team is able to provide to our clients. Our Firm strongly values our colleagues, as well as our clients. We believe that when you enjoy working with a great team, and know that your contributions make a difference, your professional life can and should be enjoyable and rewarding. We are proud to be recognized for both the quality of our work and a strong spirit of collaboration across all of the members of our team.
In this role, you will:
- Perform Legal Assistant Duties: Conflicts checks and opening new matters; reviewing documents and correspondence; drafting and proofreading pleadings; preparing motion and discovery shells; preparing exhibits for filing; downloading and saving court filings; scheduling and preparing hearings, conferences and mediations; preparing, finalizing and submitting court filings including tribunals; client communication; calendaring, docketing and file management (electronic and paper); entering attorney time; reviewing attorney prebills; tracking client budgets; booking travel; submitting expenses and reimbursements.
- Perform Office Support Duties: Ordering and stocking office and kitchen supplies; photocopying/scanning documents, offsite file storage maintenance; reception duties; mail/delivery processing; general office and office equipment upkeep; point of contact for building maintenance requests.