Legal Assistant

Perez & Morris LLC • Toledo, OH

13d • Onsite

About The Position

Perez Morris is a women-owned business defense law firm headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, with offices in Cleveland and Toledo, Ohio, as well as Pennsylvania. Our attorneys are licensed to practice across the country and regularly practice in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. We pride ourselves on being good people, doing great legal work, exceptionally well. We serve retail, healthcare, manufacturing, transportation, and logistics clients. We look for self-motivated, intelligent, business-minded, diverse attorneys who want to work at a firm passionate about investing in its people and communities where we live and work.

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Legal Administrative Assistant to join our Toledo, Ohio office. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing insight, knowledge, and support to our attorneys across both general defense litigation and medical malpractice cases. This is a permanent position that offers a competitive salary and benefits package.

Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a role as a legal administrative assistant
• Strong understanding of legal terminology, litigation process, and medical record organization.
• Proficient to Excellent in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel and Outlook;
• Adaptability, willingness to learn, and ability to work as a productive member of a team.
• Strong communication skills, both orally and written, with diverse audiences.
• Ability to quickly learn proprietary software systems and databases.
• Demonstrated organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects with minimal supervision.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in Medical Malpractice is desired

Responsibilities

• Assisting attorneys who specialize in defense litigation and medical malpractice.
• Scheduling calls, conferences, mediation, and other events.
• E-filing court documents with county, state, and federal court systems.
• Scanning and saving documents to document management system.
• Organizing and assembling files for new matters.
• Submitting invoices for payments.
• Answering phones.
• Managing attorneys' calendars.

Benefits

• paid holidays and vacation
• health care insurance
• 401k

What This Job Offers

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