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Summary
The Legal Administrative Assistant is a member of the Legal Support Services (LSS) team. This position provides high quality and efficient legal support services to timekeepers and business professionals within the disputes and transactions verticals. Works collaboratively within a team and with other firm departments to provide a broad range of legal and administrative support, including document production and project management. This position possesses strong practice area knowledge and maintains professional relationships by providing superior service to firm lawyers and clients.
Location:
This position is located in our Pittsburgh office and offers a hybrid work schedule working at least 3 days in the office.
Responsibilities
The Legal Administrative Assistant may be assigned in one of the below capacities as part of the LSS team:
Supports lawyers and business professionals within the LegalSupportSuite and acts as a point of contact for lawyers within a practice area vertical.
Assigned to partners and other lawyers, providing direct support to them within a practice area vertical.
Proactively monitors firm delegation tool and accepts and completes incoming assignments. Delegates work appropriately to team members and resources using firm delegation tool. Communicates with team members and lawyers to ensure accurate and timely completion of work.
Maintains professional relationships with clients, business contacts, courts, and professional organizations on behalf of the firm and its lawyers.
Creates and edits a variety of documents including agreements, pleadings, spreadsheets, presentations and reports.
Drafts correspondence, e-mails, creates shell/templates of legal documents and facilitates court filings (as required).
Reads, interprets, and prepares legal documents to anticipate and assume responsibility for substantive tasks and projects assigned. Proofreads documents/work products for consistency, content, grammar, and spelling.
Plans, coordinates, and ensures lawyer Outlook calendars are maintained; identifies and resolves scheduling conflicts; coordinates complex travel itineraries.
Coordinates meetings, assists w
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