Legal Administrative Assistant

Dentons • Houston, TX

17d • Hybrid

About The Position

Dentons US LLP is currently recruiting for a Legal Administrative Assistant for our Houston office. This position will provide administrative support to Litigation lawyers in a highly collaborative working environment. This position is hybrid with a three day in-office requirement.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years’ Litigation secretarial experience in a mid to large sized law firm
• Must be proficient in legal secretarial and administrative tasks including, but not limited to, document preparation, heavy transcription from dictation, filing, time entry, expenses, telephone contact, travel arrangements, and calendar maintenance
• Must be familiar with state and federal court rules
• Ability to support attorneys across practice groups, as well as multiple attorney assignments at one time.
• Exceptional organizational skills, attention to detail, ability to prioritize, and work independently. Ability to work in a high-volume environment
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and excellent client service
• Must be proficient in MS Word, Outlook (including utilization of styles and pleading to format documents), Excel, and PowerPoint; have the ability to learn and quickly become proficient in new computer software programs
• Must exhibit strong typing skills, including transcription from dictation
• Excellent written and oral communication and solid organizational skills
• Must be detail-oriented, able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously, have the ability to prioritize incoming/outgoing tasks, and work effectively independently and within a team
• Availability for overtime is required

Responsibilities

• Responsible for document preparation, editing, file maintenance and, client billing
• Work with timekeepers, input time entry, file electronic court filings, pleadings, and process mail
• Client contact in person and over the phone
• Travel arrangements and reimbursements
• Handles administrative confidential/sensitive firm and/or client information
• These duties may be ongoing or ad-hoc in nature
• Other duties as may be assigned to fully meet the requirements for this position

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• 401k
• profit sharing
• short-term/long-term disability
• life insurance
• tuition reimbursement
• paid time off
• paid holidays
• discretionary bonuses

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed