Legal Assistant - Litigation (Minneapolis)
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.
Taft is seeking a Legal Assistant to serve our Litigation Group in Taft’s Minneapolis office.
We are seeking a Legal Assistant with 3+ years’ experience to support our Litigation group in the Minneapolis office. All Taft employees operate under a “Client First” philosophy—in all things, we seek to provide exceptional services to our clients.
Essential Duties:
- Provides skilled, proactive support to assigned litigation attorneys, and others, on occasion
- Prepares, drafts, and/or reviews legal documents to include pleadings, discovery responses, and legal correspondence using word processing and document management systems and software
- Electronically files and serves pleadings and discovery in state and federal courts in compliance with court and jurisdictional requirements
- Accurately proofreads and edits documents
- Independently performs administrative duties such as managing and maintaining attorney schedules and calendars; proofing, editing and releasing attorney time entries; registering, calendaring and reporting CLEs; assisting with management of client contacts, emails, and print documents; processing mail; requesting and following up on reimbursements; and other related tasks
- Supports the billing process in accordance with attorney needs
- Creates, maintains, and retires files per Taft’s Information Governance Policy
- Reviews attorney emails and saves to correct client file as requested
- Exhibits outstanding client service orientation in greeting guests, scheduling meetings, and contacting, supporting and interacting with clients
- Displays strong attention to detail
- Responds to requests with a sense of urgency and effectively prioritizes work
- Demonstrates flexibility and ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize accordingly
- Maintains confidentiality of matters and information
- Clearly communicates in a concise, professional manner
Requirements:
- 3+ years related experience strongly preferred, including filing in state and federal courts
- Proficient command of the English language and standard grammar rules
- Strong working knowledge of and experience in using Microsoft Office programs; desire to maintain and upgrade excellent technical skills and learn new software
Taft offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefit package, including medical, dental, vision, life, long term disability, flexible spending, 401K, Paid Time Off, paid holidays, bonus and more. The salary range for this position is $30.25/hr – $41.02/hr. Actual compensation offer to candidate may vary from posted information based on work experience, education, and/or skill level.
Interested candidates should apply here.