Legal Administrative Assistant
Venable
- San Francisco, CA
- $64,000-115,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Providing comprehensive administrative support to assigned legal staff
- Prioritizing assignments and preparing often sensitive and detailed correspondence
- Effectively obtaining familiarity with routine office procedures and forms in order to respond appropriately to detailed inquiries
- Scheduling appointments, making travel and/or meeting arrangements and maintaining business calendars
- Effectively establishing and maintaining well organized files, while managing the integrity of original client documents
- Coordinating with billing attorneys on all monthly pre-bills and necessary revisions; preparing bills for mailing, maintaining billing records and entering attorney time
- Maintaining confidentiality, assuring work product is accurate and presented professionally and making efforts to foster a positive rapport with all internal and external contacts
- A minimum of three years’ related experience supporting a partner level attorneys,
- Intermediate to advanced computer aptitude in order to use various features of multiple software programs
- Ability to multitask and meet time-sensitive deadlines; accepting responsibility for producing a complete and accurate work product
- Organize and prioritize numerous tasks and complete them under time constraints
- High level of communication skills requiring social sensitivity and willingness to gain extensive knowledge of department procedures in order to communicate effectively with staff, management, attorneys, and clients