Legal Assistant

Company Information:

At LeadingEdge Personnel we thrive on excellence through personal development and continuing improvement through education. Our competitive edge is the tenure we have and our dedicated staff coupled with our focus purely on office clerical, IT, Legal, HR, CSR, Medical, Accounting, and Insurance roles.

Description of Role:

This is a great career position for a Legal Assistant with an opportunity to establish working relationships with high-level executives while making a contribution to the efficiency of our business.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct legal research to assist primary Paralegal and Attorney.
• Provide administrative assistance, drafting memos, composing email transmissions and                                                                              preparing communications on the Attorney’s behalf
• Manage the Attorney’s calendar, including scheduling appointments, confirming appointments, writing itineraries, travel arrangements, and prioritizing the most sensitive matters
• Filter and prioritize clients’ telephone calls and office conferences, 
• Communicate on behalf of the Attorney
• Client file management
• File, organize, scan, copy, 
• Open new case files, indexing and updating cases
• Keep track of Attorney time / billing on case files

Skills & Requirements:

• High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, Zoom, Adobe Sign, DocuSign
• Strong Time management and Organizational skills with an ability to meet deadlines
• Possess integrity, discretion and understands confidentiality
• Interpersonal skills to work individually and cohesively with the rest of the team
• Associate degree in administrative/Executive Assistant or Applied Legal Studies, or Bachelor’s
   Degree preferred
• Notary Public certificated preferred
• Previous work experience, two (2) year minimum, in a Law Firm or Legal Dept. of a Corporation
   or Business

Work Schedule:

Long Term Temporary Role, Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm