Job Description
Job Description
Our client, a full-service law firm, is seeking a Litigation Legal Administrative Assistant to support daily legal operations. This role is ideal for someone who can manage administrative priorities while maintaining accuracy in document preparation and case-related coordination. The position requires strong organizational skills, sound judgment, and the ability to work efficiently in a legal environment.
Role: Litigation Legal Administrative Assistant
Location: Boston, MA
Salary: $80,000 - $110,000 (depending on experience) + amazing benefits
Schedule: Hybrid (4 days in, 1 day remote) after onboarding period
Responsibilities:
- Prepares and proofreads standard legal documents, such as pleadings, motions, and discovery requests.
- Ensures that legal documents are compliant with court rules and filed properly.
- Efficiently create, organize, and maintain client files.
- Conduct comprehensive research using various tools, including Westlaw, PACER, and different state court dockets.
- Act as a liaison with courts and various litigation-related vendors such as process servers and couriers.
- Assist attorneys in preparing for trial and hearing by organizing and summarizing relevant documents.
- Communicate with clients, witnesses, and other parties to gather information and answer questions.
- Prepares and assembles materials, documents, and exhibits for various court appearances, depositions and meetings.
- Receives and screens telephone calls responding to inquiries on a variety of matters such as case status and attorney scheduling.
- Handle general administrative duties, including organizing litigation binders, managing phone coverage, processing incoming mail, and overseeing the office calendar with case deadlines.
- Manages incoming mail and outgoing mail and properly files in case file and scans to office document management files.
- Manages attorney’s calendars including scheduling appointments and adding new appearances as received in the attorney’s mail.
- Organize and maintain case files, including physical and electronic files.
- Performs additional duties as requested.