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Legal Administrative Assistant - LIT/CML

Posted Oct 15
Full Time
Los Angeles, California

With over 725 lawyers in 31 offices across the U.S., Dinsmore is committed to maintaining and developing a strong market profile. This is both to facilitate an understanding of the firm's capabilities by current and prospective clients, and to support the recruitment of talented attorneys and business professionals.

Dinsmore is seeking a Legal Administrative Assistant who will support multiple attorneys in connection with bankruptcy and/or complex commercial litigation. This position is hybrid and will be at our Los Angeles, CA location.

Responsibilities

  • Filings, client management, billing, time entry, formatting, proofreading and editing of documents, travel arrangements, and other legal assistant functions. We seek candidates that are self-directed, high energy, and have advanced computer skills.

Requirements

  • Minimum of three years of experience with bankruptcy and/or litigation support
  • Strong experience calendaring litigation deadlines
  • Working knowledge and understanding of State and Federal court rules and procedures
  • Strong filing / e-filing experience in State and Federal courts, ECF and Pacer
  • Duties include but are not limited to drafting correspondence, editing and filing pleadings with State and Federal courts, scheduling depositions, file maintenance, travel arrangements, expense reports, time entry, review and editing of pre-bills, and maintaining attorney calendars
  • Experience using attorney timekeeping software and document management systems
  • Experience and proficiency using MS Office Suite
  • Ability to manage multiple deadlines
  • Excellent writing, grammar, proofreading skills, and meticulous attention to detail
  • Strong organizational and time management skills
  • Proven success as a positive team player, as well as an independent worker
  • Ability to excel in a fast-paced environment

Salary

  • Up to $90k

Equal Opportunity Employer