Legal Assistant

Stifel•Saint Louis, MO

48d

About The Position

Stifel strives for a culture that puts its clients and associates first: a culture where everyone belongs, everyone is welcome, and everyone contributes to the success of our clients, their careers, and the firm as a whole. Let's talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel, where success meets success . The Legal Assistant will provide support to attorneys and resolve legal issues. The Legal Assistant works closely with business counterparts, checks and examines law sources such as statutes, recorded judicial decisions, and legal articles, and prepares documents, correspondence, and to organize and maintain documents in paper and electronic filing systems. The Legal Assistant will also complete administrative tasks, such as booking travel and expense reports.

Requirements

Ability to analyze legal documents and assess whether additional documentation or information is necessary in order for the Firm to take action in a particular case.
Ability to learn the various areas of the company to access information and know what documents and information are created and how to retrieve such documents or information if necessary to analyze and respond to legal documents received.
Excellent communication and time management skills.
Minimum Required: Associate's degree or its equivalent.
Minimum Required: 3+ years of experience supporting an in-house legal department.
Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook

Nice To Haves

Previous experience working in Financial Services preferred.

Responsibilities

Gather research data, such as statutes, decisions, and legal articles, codes, and other documents and draft responses to discovery requests.
Inputs data, maintains and updates litigation matter management system and its service of process tracking database.
Create, maintain and update files.
Performs quality control checks on documents to ensure accuracy and compliance with attorney instructions.
Schedule appointments, prepare and submit expense reports and coordinate travel.
Reviews all new subpoenas and locates relevant information.
Contact and respond to questions from branches, other business areas, attorneys, and government agencies.
Support the Legal Department by participating in intake functions, triaging incoming and pending matters, assisting with special projects, and completing high-level administrative tasks, as needed.
Collaborate, consult, and provide information to Legal Department attorneys and staff, outside counsel and collaborate with line of business.