Legal Assistant
Latham & Watkins
Legal Secretary
Latham & Watkins
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Austin • Texas • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $75,000 - $90,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Monitoring lawyer time entries for compliance with firm standards, while proactively editing entries, and alerting attorneys of any non-compliance
- Generating, editing, and posting client invoices ensuring firm and client defined standards (Outside Counsel Guidelines) are met, while working with assigned lawyers to regularly manage their billing inventory, as applicable
- Gathering and working to the preferences of assigned attorneys in order to execute tasks such as expense reimbursement, calendaring and scheduling, document management/edits, and travel arrangements
- Preserving the confidentiality of firm and client protected information
- Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains
Requirements
- A high school diploma or equivalent; preferably a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
- A minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience in a legal or professional services environment
Benefits
- Healthcare, life and disability insurance
- A generous 401k plan
- At least 11 paid holidays per year, and a PTO program that accrues 23 days during the first year of employment and grows with tenure
- Well-being programs (e.g. mental health services, mindfulness and resiliency, medical resources, well-being events, and more)
- Professional development programs
- Employee discounts
- Affinity groups, networks, and coalitions for lawyers and staff
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Soft skills
monitoringeditingalertingmanaginggatheringexecutingpreserving confidentialityprotecting sensitive information
Certifications
high school diplomaBachelor’s degree