Legal Assistant

Job Description

One of the Northeast’s premier insurance defense law firms, is seeking a Legal Assistant to work full-time in our New York office. Candidates must have prior law firm experience in the litigation practice area. We offer competitive salary and benefits and an employer-matched 401k program.

• Handle electronic Court filings; Supreme, Civil and Federal Courts, CT Courts knowledge and filing a plus
• Communicate with Courts/Clerks
• Maintains attorney calendars for Team Meetings
• Familiar with State and Federal Court rules, procedures and legal terminology
• Follow-up on delegated assignments until completed
• Proofread, format, edit and finalize pleadings which include and are not limited to discovery requests, stipulations, answers, Certificates of Service for attorney finalization.
• Prepares TOC and TOA for Briefs

Qualifications:

• 3-5 years of insurance defense litigation experience is required
• Applicant must be detail-oriented, well organized, and a team player who is able to work independently on assigned assignments
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite – styles, automatic paragraph numbering, Excel, PDF docs, to properly prepare documents according to various court restrictions
• Must have E-filing experience in all Courts
• Electronic practice management systems
• Professional written and verbal skills for interacting with adversaries and adjusters
• Basic understanding of legal terminology skills to edit and proofread documents
• Computer skills to use information retrieval, document management, appointments, litigation support and spreadsheet database software
• Typing skills to produce error-free legal documents quickly
• Notary public a plus

EOE - M/F/D/V