Paralegal/ Legal Assistant (1431594) New York, USA
· Provide high quality paralegal, secretarial, and administrative support to supervising attorneys.
· Prepare and complete various state and federal court filings.
· Perform calendar management; scheduling meetings, conference calls, travel, appointments, depositions, due dates, court appearances, etc.; anticipate, identify, and resolve potential issues.
· Edit and proofread correspondence and legal documents for content, grammar, spelling, and formatting.
· Proficient use of Microsoft Word for Legal Word Processing; Best Authority for generation and formatting of table of authorities; Microsoft Excel for generation and formatting of spreadsheets; Outlook for communication and calendaring.
· Ability to create and edit legal pleadings, including but not limited to developing table of contents/table of authorities, PDF to Word conversions with quality-control-checking and applying firm styles/formatting, Blue Book citation procedure.
· Legal research using Bloomberg Law, Westlaw, LexisNexis, PACER, and SEC EDGAR.
· Case initiations in various federal and state courts: filing and service.
· Ability to draft attorney appearances, including motions to appear pro hac vice in various federal and state courts.
· Ability to check and apply courts’ local rules and judges’ individual rules to daily preparation and filing of legal pleadings.
· Track and input attorney time using Surepoint.
· Generate expense reports and check requests.
· Assist with reception coverage where needed.
· Knowledge of NetDocs and Surepoint a plus
· Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
· Ability to work under pressure in a very fast paced environment
· Positive attitude and willingness to learn, and strong note-taking skills.
· The ideal candidate exhibits independent thinking and can utilize creative problem-solving skills to generate results.
Needs TOAs, TOCs
Supporting 6 attorneys - a lot of the attorneys are independent (75% of the job) - back up paralegal work
TOAs and TOCs, important netdocs + surepoints; proficiency with word processing, etc. Lexis nexus, Westlaw
WILL BE TESTED ON TOA's AND TOC's