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Legal Assistant, Remote - United States
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Summary
The job is for a Workers Compensation Legal Assistant to work remotely for a prominent law firm in CA. The employee will perform various legal assistant duties including transcribing dictation, proofreading documents, and maintaining files.
Requirements
- Minimum 3+ years of experience as a Legal Secretary in a workers' compensation defense firm required
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Adobe Acrobat, and Dropbox or other shared cloud storage
- Skilled typing ability (minimum 75 WPM) as well as strong writing, proofreading, spelling, and grammar skills
- Ability to interact effectively with the public, clients, and employees; maintain confidentiality and use discretion and tact; work independently in the absence of specific instruction
Responsibilities
- Receive and transcribe legal dictation of status reports, conference summaries, settlement disbursement reports, etc
- Proofread and correct prepared materials for correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, format, syntax, and content
- Compose routine letters and memoranda using knowledge of work area instructions and guidelines
- Maintain files, logs, and other information in connection with the work under the control of the assigned attorney
- Prepare Pre-Trial Conference Statements, settlement documents and Trial exhibits in advance of hearings and depositions as applicable
- Accurately document and bill for all billable work and tasks according with billing procedures
- Operate standard office equipment such as copy machines, scanners
- Receive and place telephone calls
Preferred Qualifications
A1- Law Case Management Software, VTransact, and EAMS are a plus
Benefits
- Fully Remote position
- Health, Vision, Life, Disability, Life Insurance, Dental, PTO including work anniversary and birthdays
- 401k
- $34.75/hr
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