Legal Assistant #34663
Other Area(s) West Chester, PA
Direct Hire Jun 16, 2023
Other Area(s)
Contemporary Staffing Solutions is seeking a Legal Assistant to join our client in West Chester, PA! The Legal Assistant is primarily responsible for providing administrative support within the business practice group. This Direct-Hire opportunity is offering $58,000-$62,000/year!
Responsibilities of the Legal Assistant include:
- Responsibilities include document production, administrative functions, client contact, and other aspects of practice management. Generates, prepares, and organizes documentation and forms requisite to the practice area.
- Produces well-prepared and accurate documents and interacts well with high profile clients. Also enters time, reviews billing, conducts conflict checks, maintenance of client files and preparation of new matter memos.
- Creates, edits, and compiles large, complex, heavily formatted documents as well as prepares routine correspondence, memoranda and other legal documents from draft or dictated text. Manages and maintains calendar.
- Schedules appointments and meetings, arranges for conference rooms, and communicates information to all respective parties.
- This practice represents large and small businesses as well as individuals in business, real estate and banking matters.
- Practice includes the sale and acquisition of businesses; the sale, purchase and lease of commercial real estate; loan documentation and finance; business and nonprofit startup; contractual relationships between parties including buy/sell agreements; employment agreements; business-to-business agreements succession planning, and tax related matters.
- Clients represent a variety of business segments including manufacturing and distribution, transportation, leasing, and service providers.
- 6 - 8 years prior related experience required. Law firm, business and real estate transaction experience is preferred, notary a plus.
- Computer proficient with working knowledge of MS Word and Excel required, knowledge of Adobe PDF a plus.
- Must exhibit a high degree of initiative in managing multiple priorities simultaneously in a fast-paced, deadline-driven, detail-oriented work environment utilizing excellent judgment, administrative abilities, and decision-making skills.
- Ability to work with complex, heavily coded documents and produce documents from transcription.
- Keyboarding skills of 70 wpm or higher required.
- Working knowledge of Outlook and iManage or similar document management system required.
- Must maintain acceptable attendance record.
- Must have high degree of accuracy with the ability to proofread typed material for contextual, grammatical, typographical or spelling errors.
- Must be highly organized, detail oriented with the ability to multi-task.
- Ability to organize and prioritize numerous tasks and complete them under time constraints.
- Ability to work with frequent interruptions and adapt to changes in workflow. Must possess a positive attitude.
- Must be able to work comfortably and confidently with clients.
- Must be flexible and open to new approaches to existing procedures or problems.
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