3.15.24
Legal Assistant – Commercial Real Estate/Land Use
Hill Ward Henderson has an excellent opportunity for a Legal Assistant to join our successful Commercial Real Estate/Land Use Team. We are looking for qualified candidates who want to work as a team and take ownership and make a valuable contribution to a dynamic team. This is an in-office position.
Essential Duties:
- Manages the day-to-day schedules of the attorneys.
- Assists attorneys with preparation of legal documents. Creates, edits, and proofreads work product to ensure accuracy.
- Maintains multiple attorneys’ calendars – deadlines, appointments and meetings.
- Processes reimbursements, expense reports and check requests.
- Inputs, reviews, edits, and closes timekeepers' time entries.
- Handles monthly client billing. Reviews billing pre-bills for accuracy and completeness. Performs client, matter and timekeeper inquiries, and narrative edits.
- Opens new matters and generate client conflict checks. Sets up and maintains timekeeper's work files, including daily and regular filing.
Qualifications:
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience as a legal assistant supporting multiple attorneys.
- Prior experience in litigation and/or real estate practice areas.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.
- Experience with a document management system and time entry system preferred.
- Excellent grammar, spelling, punctuation, and communication skills (both written and verbal).
- Attention to detail and good organizational and analytical skills.
- Flexible attitude and the ability to deal well with changing assignments and priorities.