Legal Assistant - Trial & Defense

Clyde & Co US LLP is seeking a legal assistant with 5+ years experience to provide excellent secretarial and administrative support attorneys and paralegals in our New York office. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working in a paperless environment and will tailor to the unique support needs of each attorney while ensuring the smooth running of the group and department as a whole.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide legal and administrative support to a team of attorneys
• Create, prepare, proofread, and amend high volume complex legal documents, pleadings, including table of contents and table of authorities, letters and emails
• File pleadings with state and federal courts using various means, including electronic court filing systems.
• Calendar maintenance, such as scheduling hearings, briefing schedules, discovery deadlines, depositions, meetings, and knowledge of civil and federal court deadline filing dates, court rules, and procedures
• Prepare for and assist in trials
• Assist Paralegals in organizing case files and records maintenance
• Assist with travel arrangements upon request including car, hotel and airfare reservations, and complete attorney monthly expenses to accounting
• Administrative work, including billing, correspondence, invoices and reporting to clients

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong work ethic, organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills are essential.
• Ability to think ahead; to follow written and verbal instructions, strong skills in writing, researching, and organization/flexibility and Teamwork.
• Intermediate proficiency of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Creative problem solver who takes initiative to accomplish tasks with a minimal level of supervision.
• Exceptional attention to detail and high proficiency in proofreading
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and work with professionals inside and outside the firm.

To qualify for the experienced Legal Assistant role:

• 5+ years of prior experience as a legal assistant or secretary.
• Must have experience filing with state and federal courts.
• Knowledge in e-filing in the collar counties.
• Previous experience with File site or iManage filing systems

The salary range is $80,000-$90,000. The range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. It is not typical for an individual to be hired near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. This is the job description as constituted at present; however, the Firm reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.