Legal Administrative Assistant

Alston & Bird • Charlotte, NC

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About The Position

Looking to bring your organizational skills to a dynamic legal team? Alston & Bird’s Charlotte office is hiring a Legal Administrative Assistant. In this role, you’ll be the go-to support for attorneys—managing cases, coordinating travel, handling billing, and keeping everything running smoothly behind the scenes. You’ll thrive if you’re detail-obsessed, ready to make a meaningful contribution to a practice group and enjoy being part of a collaborative, fast-paced environment. Read more and apply below!

Requirements

• Have exceptional administrative and word processing skills.
• Have the ability to organize and prioritize numerous tasks and complete them under time constraints.
• Have great attention to detail, and the ability to concentrate and organize work.
• Must be able to work well independently while handling complex situations, analytical, and self-starters.
• Able to work with a wide spectrum of individuals.
• Possess good communication and interpersonal skills, along with an enthusiastic team player attitude and a strong work ethic.
• Able to proofread typed material for contextual, grammatical, typographical or spelling errors is also needed.
• A minimum of 5+ years of prior experience in a law firm is highly desirable.
• A high school diploma is required; an associate or bachelor’s degree is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Administrative skills
• Word processing skills
• General office procedures and filing techniques
• The capability to concentrate on detail and organize work
• The ability to work with a wide spectrum of individuals
• Heavy administrative work
• Typing, editing and proofreading correspondence and legal documents
• Entering attorney time
• Billing
• Answering telephones and sorting mail
• Maintaining client portals
• Coordinating travel arrangements
• Processing expense reimbursements
• Interacting with clients and maintaining files
• Must be proficient in MS Word, Outlook, and Excel

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees