Evening Legal Assistant

Overview

This position provides overnight legal assistant support to all offices worldwide. The hours are 12 midnight to 8amEST.

Responsibilities

• Review, proofread and format legal documents for multiple practice areas.
• Conduct cross-references and defined terms checks on corporate/transactional documents.
• Support multiple practice areas in domestic and foreign offices.
• Coordinate with other business services departments to handle requests; working knowledge of other business services departments functions and hours of operation.
• Obtain pleadings from court dockets and monitor dockets.
• Assemble and distribute documents for hearings and client meetings.
• Notarize documents.
• Assist with closings, draft and review closing checklists and prepare closing binders in electronic and paper format for distribution.
• Prepare signature pages.

Qualifications

• A 4-year college degree is required.
• A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience required.
• Strong client service and demonstrated written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to handle and complete multiple projects simultaneously with minimal supervision.
• Strong organizational skills and an ability to prioritize.
• Ability to meet deadlines and work well under pressure.
• Strong attention-to-detail, spelling and grammar skills.
• Ability to think critically and analytically and exhibit sound judgment.
• Effective and proactive team player.
• Flexible and available to work overtime as needed (includes evening and weekend).
• Strong computer skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and Adobe Acrobat.
• Become a notary public within the first 6 months of employment (if not already a notary public).
• Available to report to work on regularly scheduled days and at the scheduled hour.