Administrative Assistant – Product Liability Litigation
Dykema
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $78,000 - $95,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Assist product liability litigation attorneys and paralegals with quality legal services
- Prepare and proofread legal documents, correspondence, and reports
- Perform electronic and non-electronic filings of legal documents with courts
- Maintain and organize electronic and physical legal case files
- Provide phone support with attorneys, opposing counsel, and courts
- Enter attorney’s time from logs for review utilizing time entry software
- Prepare and submit invoices and expense reports
- Assist with new business intake processes and data entry tasks
- Coordinate internal and external support services for attorneys
Requirements
- High school diploma required; Post high school degree or equivalent legal educational training preferred
- Three to five years related work experience in a legal services environment
- Experience electronically filing legal documents with various courts is required
- Self-motivated, amiable and resourceful
- Acute time-management, keen attention to detail, superior organizational skills
- Ability to manage large amounts of data and utilize new technologies for data tracking and reporting
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Knowledge of NetDocuments, Elegrity, File Trail, BigHand, and Chrome River are a plus
- Typing speed of 55 WPM or greater
Benefits
- Competitive health, dental, and vision insurance plans
- Flexible paid time off (PTO)
- Holiday leave
- Retirement savings plan with profit sharing for eligible employees
- Flexible spending programs
- Health savings account
- Commuter benefits
- Personal and parental leave programs
- Wellness programs
- Access to mental health support
- Professional development programs
- Supportive and inclusive workplace culture
- Employee discounts and perks
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
legal document preparationelectronic filingdata entrytime managementinvoice preparationexpense reportingtyping speed 55 WPM
Soft skills
self-motivatedamiableresourcefulattention to detailorganizational skillsoral communicationwritten communication