Legal Administrative Assistant, Transactional
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. Are you ready to take your career to the next level? Join our vibrant Denver office as a Legal Administrative Assistant, supporting transactional lawyers specializing in data privacy and M&A. Work alongside talented transactional lawyers in a collaborative, high-energy environment where your expertise will shine. Enjoy a beautiful, modern workspace, on-site fitness center, and a flexible hybrid schedule-three days a week in the office and achieve the perfect work-life balance.
Requirements
- A minimum of three years of experience in a legal environment or another professional services environment is required.
- Requirements include technical proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly with Word.
- Superior organization is needed to oversee file maintenance and calendaring.
- Top-notch accuracy, spelling, grammar and proofreading skills necessary.
- The position also involves the creation and editing of PDFs and Excel spreadsheets.
- Must maintain a high level of confidentiality.
- The ability to work until 5:30 pm, Monday-Friday is preferred.
Nice To Haves
- Previous transactional experience in a law firm a plus.
Responsibilities
- Provide overall legal administrative support, including extensive document production, redlining and coordinating closing materials.
- Extensive scheduling and calendaring, making travel arrangements, updating contacts, and other work as needed.
- Ensure fee earners’ daily time entries are drafted in accordance with firm and client guidelines; and enter information into firm systems in a timely fashion.
- Prepare new business intake forms and open new client matters.
- Prepare and submit expense reimbursement diaries and process invoices.
Benefits
- Ballard Spahr offers an excellent benefits package. A summary of available benefits can be found here in the Careers section of the firm’s website.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
