Legal Practice Assistant
Perkins Coie
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Seattle • Arizona • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $52,100 - $116,190 per year
About the role
- Provide varied and more complex support to designated lawyers and other Legal Practice Assistants
- Proactively maintain overview of timekeepers’ workload and caseload
- Create, edit, revise, redline, and/or proofread documents
- Maintain timekeepers’ calendars of meetings and business trips
- File hard-copy and electronic documents with appropriate courts and agencies
- Process and route incoming mail, faxes, and electronic communications
- Prepare outgoing mail for prompt delivery
- Coordinate travel arrangements for timekeepers
- Maintain file organization in the firm’s document management system
- Conduct internet research as directed by timekeepers
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Previous law firm experience of five or more years or equivalent preferred
- Ability to accurately type 70 wpm
- Strong command of the English language, including excellent spelling, grammar, punctuation, form, and style
- Solid knowledge of personal computer and system utilities or other comparable document production software
- Familiarity with basic office equipment
- Excellent organizational skills for prioritizing workload
- Ability to compose correspondence
- Knowledge of library operations and records storage procedures
- Knowledge of records management
- Working knowledge of state and federal courts and administrative agency rules, procedures, and deadlines
- Familiarity with legal terminology and procedures pertinent to the area of assignment.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Paid sabbaticals
- Accrued paid time off plan starting at 20 days annually
- Personal medical and parental leave
- Up to 10 paid holidays
- Family care benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
document editingproofreadingcalendar managementmail processingtravel coordinationinternet researchtyping 70 wpmrecords managementdocument production softwarelegal terminology
Soft Skills
organizational skillscommunication skillsattention to detailtime managementprioritization
Certifications
high school diploma