Legal Assistant
State of Florida
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: West Palm Beach • Florida • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $39,959 - $53,584 per year
Job Level
Junior
About the role
- Maintaining case files
- Retrieving, interpreting, and updating case data
- Scheduling, attending, and assisting in judicial and administrative proceedings
- Initiating, receiving, and responding to varies communications
- Maintaining data lists and databases
- Draft, edit and prepare legal documents under supervision of attorneys and staff
- Prepare routine correspondence based on preapproved document templates
- Calendar deadlines in accordance with applicable rules of procedure
- Electronically file documents with courts
- May accompany attorneys to court and assist as required
Requirements
- One year of experience using Microsoft Office applications and performing computer system updates.
- One year of experience in: (a) providing legal assistance in an office or court environment, (b) reviewing and processing legal documents and/or correspondence, and (c) communicating with court officials, clerks of court, opposing attorneys, etc.
Benefits
- health insurance
- life insurance
- tuition waivers
- paid sick and personal leave
- 10 paid holidays annually
- retirement savings
- vision and dental insurance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
legal document preparationdata managementcase data interpretationdocument filingcorrespondence draftingcalendar management
Soft skills
communicationorganizational skillsattention to detail