Litigation Legal Assistant

Our client, a midsize general practice law firm on Long Island, is seeking to add a Litigation Legal Assistant (or Paralegal) to their team. This position will be 4 days on site and 1 day remote.

Word (including creating table of contents/table of authorities/bookmarking documents

Excel

Attorney timekeeping program (Juris)

Bates-stamping for document productions

Dictation/transcription both from Phillips SpeechExec and Philips mini cassettes

Preparing Supreme Court and Surrogate Court papers, motions, briefs, affidavits, affirmations, litigation backs, etc., prepare and gather exhibits and prepare exhibit lists (work independently in gathering exhibits and documents)

Efile in all New York courts, including Supreme Courts; Surrogate’s Courts; Federal Courts (PACER); Court of Appeals; and New Jersey courts

Monitor attorneys’ eTracks

Must possess strong organizational skills and must be able to work independently

Answering phones and coordinating calls and meetings with clients using conference calling or Zoom

Calendaring deadlines in attorneys’ Outlook calendars

Maintaining (additions/revisions) to attorneys’ contacts in Outlook

Coordinating with vendors when scheduling depositions, appellate printing requirements, and process servers for service of papers