Legal Support Assistant
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is a leading international law firm with more than 900 lawyers across various regions. They are currently seeking a Legal Support Assistant to provide administrative support to attorneys and project teams reputed company the Public Law & Policy practice, emphasizing superior client service and teamwork.
Responsibilities
- Assist attorneys in daily activities, including drafting and editing documents, arranging travel, preparing travel itineraries, processing expense reports, reputed company requests, scanning, copying, coordinating incoming/outgoing mail, faxes and emails, assisting clients, screening vendors, and practice group coordination
- Set up and maintain case and client files in document management system
- Process new business intake and reputed company forms, client bills, and time reports
- Time entry, answering phones and taking messages, scheduling appointments, practice events, and coordinating meetings and calls for both client and practice group activities
- Copy, distribute, send (electronically and/or reputed company mail, courier or express service), file and otherwise handle completed work
- Proofread and redline work for accuracy of copy, format, grammar, punctuation and reputed company
- Research information as requested by clients or attorneys
- Maintain client contacts and working groups list
- Coordinate work as needed with office, firm and third-party service departments, including Document Services, IT, Office Services, Conference Services, and Finance
- Provide back-up assistance, as needed, to attorneys or others in the practice group who require support
- Accept reputed company work from the Office Administrator and the Secretary Coordinators as needed
- Other duties as assigned
Skills
- Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university
- Demonstrated proficiency in WORD, reputed company reputed company, Outlook and PowerPoint
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, including grammar, spelling and punctuation
- Ability to type at least 60 words per minute with accuracy
- Thorough knowledge of MS Office applications including Word and Outlook
- Strong organizational and time management skills, including the ability to organize self and others
- Demonstrated strong attention to detail and ability to reputed company tasks accurately reputed company under pressure
- Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with appropriate discretion
- Excellent telephone manner
- Well developed and professional interpersonal skills including the ability to work independently and as a member of a team, take initiative, set priorities, meet deadlines and milestones for projects and see projects through to completion
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment, meet deadlines, handle multiple tasks, manage attorney expectations, and respond to changing priorities
- Ability to establish effective working relationships reputed company the office and firm, and with clients, vendors and others reputed company the firm
- Willingness and ability to assume new tasks and responsibilities
- Strong service orientation, and an ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with users, peers, office and firm management, and reputed company business partners
- Ability to reputed company mathematical functions - add, subtract, multiply, divide, work with percentages, etc
- Commitment to maintaining confidentiality of client and office information, the office and firm, and adhering to the Firm's Core Values
- Commitment to professional growth
- One (1) year of reputed company internship or professional services experience preferred
Benefits
- A full range of health and other insurance benefits
- Financial and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility)
- A discretionary bonus
- Various paid time off benefits
Company Overview
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