Legal Assistant/Secretary
Legal assistant/secretary position in boutique law firm specializing in banking/financial services law.
Duties:
- Assist firm’s lawyers in legal research, and analysis
- Preform receptionist duties and support tasks, especially telephone coverage
- Legal research using LexisNexis and other online sources
- Assist firm’s office manager in areas including procurement and office inventory
- File, shred, photocopy and organize confidential records
- Update Library periodicals and law books
- Modify and maintain tracking spreadsheets in MS Excel
- Assist in preparing and proofreading letters, documents and attorney notes and other resources
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements:
- College graduate with office work experience
Qualifications & Skills:
- Must have professional attitude, take pride in work, pay attention to detail, proof own work, and take constructive criticism well
- Must have excellent command of English language and good phone manner
- Must have strong computer skills and proficient in Microsoft Word and Outlook
- Must have Internet search experience
- Must be able to operate standard office machines, such as Xerox copier, typewriter and fax, etc.
- Must be able to pick up and internalize new information/instructions quickly
- Must be a self-starter and take initiative
- Must like working in quiet office environment
- Must be punctual, neat, organized, and polite
- Must be able to juggle multiple projects, competing priorities and tight deadlines
Desirable:
Prior knowledge of Lexis Advance and other online legal research tools; and
Prior knowledge of Microsoft Office applications such as, Word, Excel, Adobe Acrobat Pro and PowerPoint;
Proficient knowledge and editing capabilities of legal documents