Job Details

LOD is currently seeking a contract Legal Assistant to support a client in the Oklahoma City area.

This role is 100% on-site and will last 6-8 weeks. Candidates should be able and willing to start as soon as possible.

Essential Job Functions:

• Support and cultivate an elevated level of client service standards
• Prepare and process correspondence and memoranda as well as complex legal documents, draft routine cover letters and documents
• Proofread documents and check for proper formatting, spelling, and grammar; complete revisions, prepare redline documents as directed, and submit for e-filing when appropriate
• Perform various clerical duties such as receive, screen and respond to callers; review, scan and route incoming mail; prepare outgoing mail; arrange for specialized overnight mail or messenger service; coordinate activities with courthouse runner; maintain and update contacts and addresses; scan and photocopy materials; create pleading binders or electronic copy of pleadings in NetDocuments and the Firms Daily Intake, and keep current with attorneys deadlines and caseloads.
• Maintain electronic client and firm administrative files according to the Firms digital file management guidelines, as well as paper files, as necessary, and other records
• Manage attorney calendars, including scheduling appointments and other tasks related to calendar/docket due dates; schedule and coordinate internal/external meetings, conferences, depositions, including all organization and coordination, as well as travel arrangements; actively communicate changes or reminders to direct reports, as needed
• Provide trial support duties such as preparing exhibits, bates labeling, redacting, making trial binders, scheduling expert witnesses, preparing charts, graphs and other courtroom visuals or demonstrative exhibits
• Interact with various courts, clients, vendors, lawyers, and staff and maintain positive relations with each
• Aid the billing department and billing attorneys with firm related billing tasks, process expense reports and check requests
• Apply practice-related knowledge and skills to complete projects and tasks; effectively find, promote, and apply technologies or delegate to firm resources to maximize efficiency in conducting assignments

Education and Qualifications:

• Associate degree in legal studies or related field and two (2) years of legal assistant experience; or minimum of three (3) years of legal assistant experience
• Notary preferred
• Ability to type accurately at a minimum speed of sixty-five words per minute
• Knowledge of local, out-of-state, and federal court litigation documentation, deadlines and filing procedures (both e-filing or paper requirements)

Required Skills:

• Maintain a positive, can-do attitude, while working in a fast-paced working environment
• Clear and effective communication and strong people skills; strong grammar, spelling, and punctuation
• Able to work independently or as a team in a collaborative environment
• Strong diligence with great emphasis on accuracy and quality
• Prioritize tasks and provide support and response to requests on time
• Advance knowledge of MS Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat
• Demonstrate capability of researching local court rules to ensure proper methods of e-filing
• Able to quickly learn e-filing in out-of-state district courts and federal district court systems
• Knowledge of legal procedures, legal terminology, and e-discovery databases such as Relativity
• Strong document formatting experience
• Demonstrate a solid technical aptitude in the Firms software (e.g., NetDocuments, Daily Intake and Elite)
• Ability to work with a multitude of software/web-based applications
• Operate standard office equipment such as telephones, conferencing equipment, photocopiers, scanners, postage machines, etc.
• Flexible to meet the unique needs of each individual attorney to support their practice and/or to support the specific needs of a case
• Use proper judgement and discretion when dealing with sensitive, confidential information.
• Ability to manage stressful situations in a professional and courteous manner

LOD offers non-attorney flexible talent placement rates that range from $15 to $100 per hour depending upon experience level and specific skills requested by the client, the candidates general skill set, applicability of candidate skill set to client need, client budget, number of hours requested, and other factors. A specific rate of pay for a project will be discussed with you if it is determined that you are a potential fit for a role.