Hall & Evans, LLC is seeking a candidate with legal assistant or paralegal experience to support its complex civil litigation practice in their Denver office. The role involves various responsibilities including document preparation, client communication, and trial support while maintaining a professional work environment.
Responsibilities
- Assemble and file documents electronically
- Prepare motion and discovery shells, motion filing
- Expert coordination for depositions and trials
- Assist with preparation of trial/mediation/arbitration documents
- Interface professionally with clients, opposing counsel, court clerks
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
- Excellent technology skills
- Process payment requests and coordinates the client billing process
- Maintain client files and contact information
- Schedule meetings, conference calls, depositions, court hearings, and travel arrangements
- Outlook/LSS calendaring, and iManage document management program experience is highly preferred
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
- Well-developed skills in editing, proofreading, and grammar
- Ability to anticipate problems, find solutions, and prioritize work accordingly
- Well-developed time management and organizational skills
- Effectively manage a high-volume workload with critical deadlines
- Ability to exercise a high degree of personal integrity, confidentiality, tact, discretion, and judgment
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, and Excel)
- Knowledge of manipulation and editing of PDF documents using Acrobat Adobe
- Ability to work overtime as necessary
- Ability to do billable hours, preferred
- Other administrative tasks, as assigned, and
- Complex defense litigation experience is highly preferred
Skills
- Assemble and file documents electronically
- Prepare motion and discovery shells, motion filing
- Expert coordination for depositions and trials
- Assist with preparation of trial/mediation/arbitration documents
- Interface professionally with clients, opposing counsel, court clerks
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
- Excellent technology skills
- Process payment requests and coordinates the client billing process
- Maintain client files and contact information
- Schedule meetings, conference calls, depositions, court hearings, and travel arrangements
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
- Well-developed skills in editing, proofreading, and grammar
- Ability to anticipate problems, find solutions, and prioritize work accordingly
- Well-developed time management and organizational skills
- Effectively manage a high-volume workload with critical deadlines
- Ability to exercise a high degree of personal integrity, confidentiality, tact, discretion, and judgment
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, and Excel)
- Knowledge of manipulation and editing of PDF documents using Acrobat Adobe
- Ability to work overtime as necessary
- Other administrative tasks, as assigned
- Outlook/LSS calendaring, and iManage document management program experience is highly preferred
- Ability to do billable hours, preferred
- Complex defense litigation experience is highly preferred
- Minimum of high school graduation; business school, or related professional legal secretarial degree or paralegal certificate strongly preferred
Benefits
- Financial stability
- Great benefits, many that are 100% paid by the Firm
- A professional work environment, yet has a business casual dress code, in a modern office setting
- A culture that is respectful and collegial
- Training to promote a continuous learning environment
- Current technology and our own in-house IT professionals
- Free usage of the office building's gym
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