Job Description

Adams & Martin Group has partnered with a prestigious law firm in San Francisco to find an experienced Litigation Legal Assistant. This role involves supporting attorneys with various legal and administrative tasks, ensuring seamless operations and exceptional client service. The position is full-time with a hybrid on-site/remote schedule.
Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

• Prepare, revise, redline, and proofread various legal pleadings, correspondence, memoranda, motions, and briefs (Federal, State, and local level, including appellate), and generate tables of authorities and contents.
• Manage cases, communicate with courts, clients, witnesses, experts, and opposing counsel regarding hearings, depositions, trials, and meetings.
• Assist with the assembly, production, and tracking of discovery requests and responses, depositions, exhibits, trial binders, and trial preparation.
• Possess litigation working knowledge of e-filing procedures and requirements for Federal, State, and local courts.
• Create and maintain client and administrative files per firm procedures, including within the document management system.
• Schedule appointments, including meeting invites, video conference details, conference room requests, meal requests, etc., and maintain attorney's calendar.
• Enter and release attorney's billable time according to firm guidelines. Review proformas for billings from the Accounting Department to clients for services rendered.
• Perform initial conflict checks, open/close client matters, and prepare engagement letters.
• Monitor legal case deadlines and work with the Docket Department to ensure deadlines are entered and met.
• Coordinate travel arrangements and track travel expenses for timely reimbursement.
• Communicate professionally and promptly with internal and external clients to deliver high-level customer service, consistent with the Firm's First in Service philosophy.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Proactively participate as a member of the practice group support coverage team.
• Stay current in the use of all firm systems and practices.
• May require overtime or weekend hours.
• Perform additional office support duties as assigned/requested.

Confidentiality: Due to the nature of the employment, various documents and information, which are of a confidential nature, will come into possession. Such documents and information must be kept confidential at all times.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma and seven years of litigation experience, preferably with MDL or class action litigation.
• Strong federal and state filing experience.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities simultaneously, work well with others, and possess excellent communication skills.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word), TOC, TOA, Styles, and PDF software.
• Experience with InTapp Time, Intapp Open, Chrome River Expense Reporting, Aderant, Interaction, iManage are pluses.
• Must possess an excellent customer service attitude.

Law firm offers competitive salary, full benefits package, and a hybrid work schedule!

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. For unincorporated Los Angeles county , to the extent our customers require a background check for certain positions, the Company faces a significant risk to its business operations and business reputation unless a review of criminal history is conducted for those specific job positions.

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