Legal Administrative Assistant - Bankruptcy

You're looking for a change, and so are we. At Venable, we know that every new hire brings valuable experience, new perspectives, and a chance to raise the bar on our approach to how we work. That's why we're looking for a dynamic administrative professional to join our Baltimore office to efficiently support our legal staff.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for...

• Providing comprehensive administrative support to assigned legal staff to include prioritizing assignments and preparing sensitive and detailed correspondence, such as responses to requests for information or regularly recurring reports
• Prepares routine, as well as non-routine, correspondence, legal documents, forms, presentations, and the like using advanced knowledge and skills with word processing related and other software programs; efficiently proofreads and edits text for grammatical and typographical errors, and occasionally for content.
• Professionally answering, screening, placing calls, and recording and communicating messages according to appropriate procedures
• Scheduling appointments, making travel and/or meeting arrangements, and maintaining business calendars as instructed
• Effectively establishing and maintaining well organized files, while managing the integrity of original client documents
• Co-ordinating with billing attorneys on all monthly pre-bills and necessary revisions
• Preparing bills for mailing, maintaining billing records, and entering attorney time

The successful candidate will demonstrate...

• A minimum of 2 years of related work experience supporting a legal practice
• Prior experience working within a Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights or transactional practice group is preferred.
• Advanced use of MS Word and Outlook as well as an ability to quickly learn other applications
• Proficiency in the use of document management systems (iManage/Filesite preferred)
• Ability to efficiently proof and edit (using edit marks) non-routine correspondence, reports and tables for typographical errors and sentence structure
• High level of communication skills requiring social sensitivity and willingness to gain extensive knowledge of department procedures in order to communicate effectively with staff, management, attorneys, and clients

Investing your time and talents is no small matter-we know that superior service to our clients starts with an investment in you. Our competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and programs that support our employees' wellbeing, families, and futures reflect our pride in our people. From our legal administrative assistants to our senior partners, Venable makes sure that we are the right fit for one another, in order to cultivate the most successful of relationships.

Apply today!