Suncoast Drivers
Legal Secretary/Legal Assistant-Corporate Law (CD)
Suncoast Drivers, Tampa, FL, United States
Job Description
Are you looking for a great opportunity in an environment where you're appreciated and respected? This is the place for you! Come join our dynamic team where we understand home/work life balance. We are an upbeat group, with a fantastic company culture, and looking to expand our team with experienced professionals like you! We pride ourselves on taking care of our valued employees, with a camaraderie that can't be beat. Come grow with us, and become a part of our amazing team!! We need a bright and reliable individual, with stable job history, looking to be part of our firm long-term.
Essential Duties:
Are you looking for a great opportunity in an environment where you're appreciated and respected? This is the place for you! Come join our dynamic team where we understand home/work life balance. We are an upbeat group, with a fantastic company culture, and looking to expand our team with experienced professionals like you! We pride ourselves on taking care of our valued employees, with a camaraderie that can't be beat. Come grow with us, and become a part of our amazing team!! We need a bright and reliable individual, with stable job history, looking to be part of our firm long-term.
Essential Duties:
- Assist attorneys with preparation of legal documents. Create, edit, and proofread work product to ensure accuracy.
- Maintain calendars including appointments and meetings of clients and attorneys.
- Processing reimbursements, expense reports and check requests.
- Effectively manage projects by meeting deadlines and conducting follow-up as needed.
- Inputs, reviews, edits, and closes timekeepers' time entries through the firm's web-based time entry program.
- 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.
- ***Minimum of 2 years of legal assistant experience.Prior commercial real estate and/or land use experience is preferred but not required.
- Corporate Law experience preferred.
- 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), with strong attention to detail.
- Flexible attitude and the ability to deal well with changing assignments and priorities.
- Professional appearance and demeanor.
- Client-oriented focus, with confidentiality respected at all times.
- Billing experience preferred.
- BA/BS preferred, but not required.