Legal Assistant - Environmental (Indianapolis)
At Taft, we work as one team, driven and committed to helping our clients succeed. A full-service law firm with more than 925 attorneys and approximately 1,500 on our team, we have the collaborative approach, advanced technological resources, and depth of services that make us a preeminent law firm in the Midwest.
Taft is currently seeking a Legal Assistant to join our Environmental and Litigation teams in our Indianapolis office.
We are seeking a Legal Assistant with 1+ years’ experience to support our team in our Indianapolis office. All Taft employees operate under a “Client First” philosophy—in all things, we seek to provide exceptional services to our clients.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provides skilled, proactive administrative support to both Environmental and Litigation attorneys.
- Exhibits outstanding client service orientation in greeting guests, scheduling meetings, and conducting telephone conferences.
- Assists in managing client contacts, emails, and print documents as well as processing mail.
- Prepares and reviews documents, letters and memoranda according to Firm standards using word processing software and document management systems.
- Proactively monitors deadlines.
- Processes requests for payment and reimbursements.
- Enters attorney billable hours into the firm billing program.
- Creates, maintains and retires files in accordance with Taft’s Information Governance Policy.
- Transcribes documents.
- Drafts documents and filings.
- Files documents with the courts electronically when needed.
- Responds to requests with a sense of urgency and effectively prioritizes work.
- Clearly communicates in a concise, professional manner.
- Displays strong attention to detail.
Requirements:
- 1+ years’ of legal assistant experience, preferably in litigation or environmental.
- Some education beyond high school or other coursework related to the legal industry preferred.
- Proficient command of the English language and standard grammar rules.
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs
Interested candidates should apply here.