Provides litigation support for an insurance defense law firm, including electronic court filings, court communications, attorney calendar management, document preparation, proofreading, formatting, and brief index creation. The role requires 3–5 years of insurance defense litigation experience, proficiency with Microsoft Office and legal technology, knowledge of court procedures and terminology, strong organizational and communication skills, and accurate typing.
Job description
Job Description
One of the Northeast’s premier insurance defense law firms, is seeking a Legal Assistant to work full-time in our New York office. Candidates must have prior law firm experience in the litigation practice area. We offer competitive salary and benefits and an employer-matched 401k program.
- Handle electronic Court filings; Supreme, Civil and Federal Courts, CT Courts knowledge and filing a plus
- Communicate with Courts/Clerks
- Maintains attorney calendars for Team Meetings
- Familiar with State and Federal Court rules, procedures and legal terminology
- Follow-up on delegated assignments until completed
- Proofread, format, edit and finalize pleadings which include and are not limited to discovery requests, stipulations, answers, Certificates of Service for attorney finalization.
- Prepares TOC and TOA for Briefs
Qualifications:
- 3-5 years of insurance defense litigation experience is required
- Applicant must be detail-oriented, well organized, and a team player who is able to work independently on assigned assignments
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite – styles, automatic paragraph numbering, Excel, PDF docs, to properly prepare documents according to various court restrictions
- Must have E-filing experience in all Courts
- Electronic practice management systems
- Professional written and verbal skills for interacting with adversaries and adjusters
- Basic understanding of legal terminology skills to edit and proofread documents
- Computer skills to use information retrieval, document management, appointments, litigation support and spreadsheet database software
- Typing skills to produce error-free legal documents quickly
- Notary public a plus
EOE - M/F/D/V
M-F, Day shift
35 hours per week
Marks, O'Neill, O'Brien, Doherty & Kelly, P.C. New York, New York, USA Office
New York, United States
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