Legal Assistant - Tax (New York)

Taft is seeking a Legal Assistant to support lawyers on our Tax team in Taft’s New York office.

We are seeking a Legal Assistant to support our Tax team in the News York office. All Taft employees operate under a “Client First” philosophy—in all things, we seek to provide exceptional services to our clients.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Prepare, format, revise, proofread, and finalize correspondence, engagement letters, agreements, presentations, and other documents. Review names, dates, amounts, formatting, attachments, and document versions for accuracy and consistency
• Maintain attorney calendars, schedule meetings, and track attorney-approved deadlines and internal milestones. Identify competing priorities and seek direction before deadlines are affected
• Organize tax-related correspondence and supporting records; coordinate document collection, signatures, and submission materials; and maintain confirmation records under attorney direction
• Communicate professionally with clients, accountants, opposing counsel, and firm personnel
• E-file various court pleadings and filings as needed
• Assist with time-entry processing, prebills, invoice revisions, expense reports, new-matter intake, and engagement documentation in accordance with firm procedures and attorney direction
• Maintain complete, organized matter files in the firm’s document management system (iManage), following naming conventions, version-control procedures, and records-retention requirements

Requirements:

• 2+ years’ experience with related legal work preferred
• Shows strong working knowledge of, and facility with, Microsoft Office programs
• Demonstrates a proficient command of the English language and of standard grammar rules
• Produces excellent written communications with correct structure and grammar
• Shows ability to adapt quickly to workplace stressors and to manage competing  priorities
• Maintains client confidentiality
• Demonstrates sharp, continual attention to detail
• Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills, professionalism and responsiveness to both clients and co-workers

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 $65,000/yr. – $85,000/yr.  Actual compensation offer to candidate may vary from posted information based on work experience, education, and/or skill level.

Interested candidates may apply here.

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^{Taft is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The information in this posting presents general duties, tasks, and responsibilities but is not intended to be an exhaustive listing. Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP participates in E-VERIFY.}