Role: Legal Assistant
Practice Area: Medical Device
Status: Contract assignment, could extend
Contract Duration: 3 to 4 months to start
Location: 100% remote
Multiple Openings
Start Date: ASAP
Full-time hours (M-F, 9a to 5p, 35 to 40 hours a week).
Pay Rate: $22/hour
- No medical benefits, vacation time, or holiday time with a contract assignment
Overview: This role will assist the attorney(s) with the day-to-day tasks of the project... providing clerical and research support services including document preparation and review; research, and file organization.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Speaks with attorneys, clients, and other professionals to discuss assigned cases or projects.
- Drafts legal documents including routine pleadings and motions, affidavits, and interrogatories, files motions and pleadings according to judicial procedures.
- Researches and analyzes statutes, regulations, legal articles, judicial decisions, and other legal sources; provides written analysis to attorneys.
- Interviews clients and witnesses and prepares summaries of their statements.
- Prepare, organize, store, and retrieve case files, which may include evidence, exhibits, depositions, pleadings, exhibits, and other items.
- Develops and maintains records on specific cases.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- A bachelor’s degree is preferred, and recent graduates are encouraged to apply.
- Understanding legal language and principles, research methods, court pleadings and processes, and other related matters is a plus.
- Adept at learning and using legal software.
- Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality, and to exercise discretion and good judgment.
