Legal Assistant

Role: Legal Assistant

Duration: 10 Months

Location: Tallahassee, FL

Work Mode: on-site

Dress Code:  Appropriate, Semi-Professional Dress Attire

Contractor Duties

• Dress Code:  Appropriate, Semi-Professional Dress Attire
• The legal assistant acts as the legal secretary for assigned attorneys, formatting, finalizing, typing, and filing documents.
• Preparing letters and legal documents from drafts.
• Filing pleadings and motions with appropriate tribunals.
• Serving or arranging service of legal documents and maintaining attorney case files.
• Prepares subpoenas, discovery requests, schedules hearings, trials, depositions, and arranges facilities as directed.
• Retaining and scheduling court reporters and obtaining transcripts.
• Performing general secretarial duties such as phone calls and travel arrangements.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, including Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint
• Closing case files and supporting office management as needed.

Required         

• Ability to speak and understand English                  
• Must possess at least a high school diploma                       
• Associates of Bachelor’s degree preferred. Desired            
• Must have 3 to 5 yrs experience working as a paralegal or legal secretary        
• 3 Years Proficient using Microsoft Office, including Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint            
• 3 years of experience preparing legal documents and subpoenas 
• 3 Years of experience preparing discovery requests and scheduling hearings, trials, and depositions      
• 3 years of experience formatting, finalizing, typing, and filing documents    
• 3 Years of experience preparing letters and legal documents from drafts 
• 3 Years of experience filing pleadings and motions with appropriate tribunals         
• 2 Years of experience managing executive management daily calendars       
• 1 Years Experience managing travel arrangements            
• Highly desired Experience working in the Florida court system