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Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP · 1 day ago

Legal Assistant

Cleveland, OH

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$29.12/hr - $38.46/hr

3+ years exp

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP is currently seeking a Legal Assistant to join their team in Cleveland. The role involves providing administrative support to attorneys and paralegals, ensuring accuracy in legal documents, managing various administrative tasks, and maintaining a high standard of client service.

Legal

Hiring Manager

Jennifer Pitts

Responsibilities

Provides skilled, proactive administrative support to attorneys and other team members in our Cleveland office

Edits and proofreads complex legal and administrative documents, proactively identifying and communicating discrepancies or inconsistencies to ensure accuracy and consistency

Independently manages a variety of administrative tasks, registering, calendaring, and reporting Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits; and coordinating reimbursement requests with timely follow-up

Exhibits outstanding client service orientation in greeting guests, scheduling meetings, and conducting telephone conferences

Interacts with court personnel, attorneys and staff in a professional manner to obtain and provide data, answer questions, and resolve problems

Anticipates what administrative tasks are needed and proactively performs them

Responds to requests with a sense of urgency and effectively prioritizes work

Demonstrates flexibility and ability to manage multiple priorities

Proactively monitors deadlines and ensures that attorneys and other team members are aware of pendency of deadlines

Creates, maintains, and retires files in accordance with Taft’s Information Governance Policy

Files documents with courts electronically

Actively supports the billing process, including entering time into electronic billing management software. Initial review and comment on BIMs, editing BIMs, obtaining, preparing and updating reports, preparing cover letters and emails, and following-up on client and attorney inquiries