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The New York City Office of well-known regional law firm is looking for a Litigation Legal Assistant who will be an essential part of a busy team. This is a great role for someone with at least 3 years of experience as a Litigation Legal Assistant, Legal Administrative Assistant or Legal Secretary who has supported Trial Attorneys. This is a great opportunity for a candidate who wants to experience the benefits of working for a smaller firm in a smaller office including: hands-on experience, a collaborative work environment and client interaction where you can develop key relationships. You'll also have a wide variety of fulfilling work.

What You Will Do:

• Draft, revise and format pleadings, motions, correspondence, discovery, and other various litigation legal documents
• E-file at state, federal court and appellate courts
• Assist with trial preparation and management of calendars for deadlines
• Liaise with clients, attorneys, internal lines of business, vendors and court employees
• Opening new files, preparing conflicts checks and drafting engagement letters
• Billing and time entry

Requirements/Qualifications:

• At least 3 years of litigation legal administrative assistant experience
• Associate's Degree highly preferred
• State and Federal e-filing experience required
• Proficient with MS Office Suite, including advanced use of MS Word (including redlining, comparing documents, advanced formatting, Table of Contents and Table of Authorities creation and manipulation, and hyperlinks).
• Proficiency in the use of document management systems (iManage preferred)
• Must be open to hybrid schedule and overtime when needed
  
  

If you are qualified, interested and looking to learn more about this Litigation Legal Assistant role, please send an MS Word version or PDF version of your resume to Jess Levinson at [email protected]

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