Senior Legal Assistant

Job Description:

• Provide comprehensive litigation support in a fast-paced, high-volume, paperless environment
• Prepare, e-file, and serve correspondence, briefs, motions, pleadings, discovery, deposition notices, and other documents required by California and sometimes federal courts
• Maintain attorney calendars based on court notifications and depositions
• Schedule depositions and other events
• Assist attorneys with trial preparation
• Review electronic mail daily
• Maintain electronic legal files
• Process invoices for payment
• Interact professionally with clients, opposing counsel, attorneys, teammates, claim partners, and court employees
• Support the office with case matching, mail handling, electronic case management filing, CD duplication, PDF creation and compilation, and file conversion

Requirements:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Legal Assistant within a paperless insurance defense law office or corporate department is highly preferred
• Tort experience in personal injury work is required
• Trial preparation experience is a plus
• Experience in a high-volume litigation environment
• Experience in document production and discovery preparation
• Experience with Outlook calendar maintenance and data maintenance for clients
• Strong working knowledge of California Court systems and ability to look up court rules
• Strong multi-tasking, organizational and time management skills
• Proficiency with case management software
• Strong familiarity with MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, OneNote, Teams, & PowerPoint)
• Ability to meet productivity targets in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills, especially regarding prioritizing work activities for multiple attorneys
• Ability to manipulate electronic documents such as TIF, PDF and JPG formats

Benefits:

• Short-term or annual bonuses
• Long-term incentives
• On-the-spot recognition
• Perks & Benefits