Legal Administrative Assistant
$54,392–$90,646 year
HybridDenver, Colorado, United States
Job Summary
Coordinate with the Practice Group team to provide administrative support to attorneys, paralegals, and legal specialists. Manage business intake processes including adversary searches, engagement letters, and file openings. Process mail, prepare audit responses, input billable time, and review client billing statements. Schedule and manage travel arrangements, organize documents, and handle overflow tasks such as copying, scanning, and filing. Support timekeepers and other colleagues with in-office projects and meetings. This role requires a high school education with three years of office support experience and proficiency in Microsoft Office. Colorado salary range is $26.15 to $43.58 per hour. For the first 90 days, the position is in-office daily, transitioning to a hybrid schedule of at least three days per week thereafter.
Required Qualifications
- High school education
- 3+ years office support experience
- Accurate typing
- Working knowledge of personal computers
- Strong knowledge and skills in MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Adobe Acrobat
- Excellent grammar, spelling, punctuation and proofreading skills
- Knowledge of basic office equipment (i.e., copier, scanner, telephones, etc.)
- Aptitude to learn new computer programs
- Excellent professional communication and interpersonal skills to deal with a wide variety of people inside and outside the firm
- Excellent organizational skills to handle multiple priorities and the work assigned by several attorneys, paralegals, legal assistants, legal specialists and other colleagues throughout the firm
- Ability to maintain composure, behave professionally and work effectively under pressure to meet tight deadlines
- Excellent judgment, problem solving and decision-making skills to handle a variety of responsibilities under general supervision
- Ability to work effectively independently and as part of a team
- Ability to sit, stand and/or walk for extended periods of time
- Manipulate (lift, carry, move) weights of at least ten (10) pounds
- Have repetitive wrist/hand/finger movement to work on a computer and/or related office equipment
- Speak clearly and concisely so listeners can understand
- Regularly understand the speech of another person
- Must be in-office every day for the first 90 days of employment
- After 90 days, generally in-office a minimum of three (3) days per week in the Denver office
Desired Qualifications
- Experience working in a law firm
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