Offit Kurman, a fast-growing full-service law firm, is looking to add to our team supporting our Landlord Representation Practice Group in our Bethesda, MD or Columbia, MD offices. Candidates must have a strong ability to quickly learn new tasks and procedures while maintaining attention to detail. Prior law firm or experience in a court clerk's office is preferred.
Responsibilities include: Draft lawsuits, affidavits, praecipes, writs, and other court pleadings and legal documents with strict attention to detail and accuracy. Efficiently manage paralegal tasks associated with a high-volume litigation practice. Efficiently manage emails and client requests in various courts and jurisdictions. Communicate effectively with court clerk offices, clients, and attorneys via phone and email. Conduct legal research, including determining proper legal parties to lawsuits and statuses of cases with courts. Manage case scheduling and attorney calendars. Understand key terms of contracts and understand accounting ledgers. Qualifications: Prior work experience in a law firm or court clerk's office, including case management and knowledge of litigation documents, court rules, and procedures, is preferred but not required. Strong attention to detail. 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 formatting documents, inputting data, editing, copying, scanning and transmitting text, printing, filing, and mailing documents. Strong communication and interpersonal skills. Excellent client service skills with proven record of building effective relationships with both internal and external clients. Experience with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint). Ability to adapt to changing laws and court procedures. 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.
