Legal Administrative Assistant- Litigation
About The Position
Ballard Spahr is a renowned national law firm with more than 750 lawyers across 19 offices in the United States. A career at Ballard Spahr offers a diverse group of mentors, colleagues, and friends, and strong leadership that provides support and encouragement for career growth. Ballard Spahr LLP has an excellent opportunity for an experienced legal administrative assistant (legal secretary) with demonstrated litigation, technical, and administrative skills to work in the San Francisco office. This role provides support to attorneys in the Litigation practice group by maintaining and processing case information, managing the progression of cases to final disposition, creating electronic files, preparing and processing correspondence, memoranda, and complex legal documents, and performing other administrative functions. The successful candidate will be expected to train and mentor junior LAAs and LSAs. Working collaboratively with a team of LAAs, this position shares overflow responsibility and supports all timekeepers assigned to the team. This position is hybrid and offers a work schedule of 3 days a week in the San Francisco office once fully trained.
Requirements
- 5 years or more of general litigation experience.
- A high degree of proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and Outlook, is essential.
- Candidates must have experience supporting attorneys in complex litigation.
- Experience with e-filing, document management systems (such as NetDocs), and time and billing systems is required.
Nice To Haves
- Elite experience is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Preparing documents for state and federal court filings, including discovery requests and responses, letters, pleadings, motions, and documents.
- E-filing in various state and federal courts, both trial and appellate.
- Creating electronic files, preparing and processing correspondence, memoranda, and complex legal documents, and performing other administrative functions.
- New client intake and file maintenance utilizing the firm's electronic records management system.
- Billing, travel coordination, and expense reimbursement.
- Interact effectively, courteously, and professionally with clients, attorneys, staff, and peers.
Benefits
- An excellent benefits package.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
