Legal Assistant (Columbus)
At Taft, we work as one team, driven and committed to helping our clients succeed. A full-service law firm with more than 1,250 attorneys and over 2,000 on our team, we have the collaborative approach, advanced technological resources, and depth of services that make us a preeminent law firm.
We are looking for a sharp, energetic, customer-service focused, forward-thinking legal assistant to serve a busy team in Taft’s Columbus office.
We are seeking a Legal Assistant with 4-5 years’ experience to support a team of 3-4 attorneys in varied practice groups, ranging from White Collar Criminal Defense to Healthcare. All Taft employees operate under a “Client First” philosophy—in all things, we seek to provide exceptional services to our clients.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Maintains and organizes paper and electronic files for extremely high-volume practice(s).
- Transcribes dictation for heavy end user attorneys.
- Enters and reviews time charges for multiple attorneys.
- Creates, maintains and retires files in accordance with internal policies.
- Prioritizes work and monitors court deadlines with docketing department.
- Processes and tracks requests for payments and reimbursements for multiple attorneys.
- Proficiently uses Microsoft office suite products to compose and edit documents.
- Has or develops administrative proficiency in the particular practice area or department.
- Clearly communicates in a concise, professional manner.
- Assists in managing client contacts, emails and print documents.
- Proofreads and corrects own work before presenting it.
- Performs other administrative/clerical duties as assigned.
Requirements:
- Excellent proofreading and writing skills.
- Proactive communicator.
- Willing to be an active team member as it relates to the case at hand.
- Accountable for work product, with strong attention to detail.
- Able to receive constructive feedback.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office suite – Word, Outlook and other software as may be required by the particular assignment.
- Proficient keyboarding, sufficient to enable incumbent to timely and accurately prepare and revise documents.
- Ability to adapt to workplace stressors and competing priorities.
- Maintain client confidentiality.
Interested candidates should apply here.