Legal Administrative Assistant

Offit Kurman, a growing full-service law firm, is seeking a Legal Administrative Assistant to join its New York, NY office. Candidates must possess 5 years prior experience supporting litigation and have a strong ability to quickly learn new tasks and procedures.
Specific Responsibilities include: File Openings: drafting initial engagement letters, following up with New File for approval, emailing to client and returning executed documents to New File. Complete and track expense reports, credit card reconciliations, and reimbursements. Calendar maintenance. File maintenance, both paper and electronic. Filing documents with various courts. Organize and maintain filing and retrieval systems. Prepare and draft a variety of legal documents. Qualifications: 5 years supporting litigation. Knowledge of litigation documents, e-filing, court rules and procedures. Familiar with NY Court Systems and E-filing. Proactive work style and analytical skills: able to read, review, verify and route correspondence, reports and legal documents. Strong production skills with ability to produce accurate work product when transcribing tapes, formatting documents, inputting data, editing, copying, scanning and transmitting text, data and graphics. Strong communication and interpersonal skills. Excellent client service skills with proven record of building effective relationships with both internal and external clients. Proficiency in Microsoft Office 2017 (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint), Internet research skills, document management systems, attorney time entry software. Pay range: $70,000 - $80,000 Offit Kurman is one of the fastest-growing, full-service law firms in the United States. Offit Kurman offers a collegial, comfortable, and professional work environment, as well as competitive salary and benefits, to include Paid Time Off and 401(k) matching. We are a proud EEO employer and we are committed to a diverse workforce.
Please note that the base salary range is a guideline, and individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level and competencies.
**This role is NOT open to agency submissions at this time.