Legal Assistant

• Job Description

Our client is a rapidly expanding civil litigation law firm specializing in general liability insurance coverage. They are looking to add an experienced and career-focused Legal Assistant to join their team in White Plains. The ideal candidate will have prior experience in general liability insurance coverage with experience in the state of New York. Knowledge of federal and state statutes, rules, and procedures is required. They must also have excellent organizational, scheduling and calendaring skills as well as the ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment.

Duties include:

• Finalizing and serving documents including pleadings, discovery, motions, letter correspondence, etc.
• Organization of case files; gathering, organizing and analyzing data
• Ideal candidate must be highly organized, detail-oriented and able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Works closely with attorneys and in-office billing department including accounts receivable
• Organize, chart and process incoming records and invoices
• Follow up for outstanding records via telephone, e-mail and regular mail
• Organization of case files; gathering, organizing and analyzing data
• Prepare Affidavits of Service and facilitate outgoing documents to the Court and to adversaries
• Prepare court filings; and e-filing

Requirements:

• Ideal candidates have 1 year of legal assistant experience (experience with preparing and serving documents is required)
• The ability to work F/T in office
• Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook as well as other Microsoft Office applications including Word, Adobe PDF creation and searches
• Familiarity with and prior use of Aderant Total Office (ATO), knowledge of Aderant Expert is a plus