Litigation Assistant

The role

You will support the legal team at a personal injury law firm by managing daily office operations and administrative work. The role includes scheduling hearings and deadlines, organizing case files, and preparing legal documents.

What you will do

• Perform administrative duties, including scheduling calendar hearings and deadlines, organizing case files, and managing logistics
• Maintain pleadings and discovery indexes
• Organize exhibits, documents, evidence, briefs, and appendices
• Implement and improve administrative processes for more efficient workflow
• Collect, examine, and organize evidence and legal documents for attorney review and case preparation
• Draft and proofread correspondence and legal documents, such as pleadings and contracts
• Research regulations, laws, and legal articles to assist with reports, case files, and legal advice
• Manage client billing, including preparing, finalizing, and sending bills, and resolving billing issues with the billing attorney
• Communicate with clients and witnesses to schedule meetings, interviews, and depositions
• Manage, organize, and maintain documents in paper or electronic filing systems

Required qualifications

• High school diploma or GED
• At least 2 years of experience as an administrative assistant, legal assistant, legal secretary, or paralegal
• Bilingual in English and Spanish
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and manage workload in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision
• Great written and communication skills
• Proficiency in calendaring depositions, mediation, and hearings
• Applicable knowledge of motions, discovery, evidence, litigation documentation, court rules, and procedures
• Highly organized, able to juggle multiple deadlines
• Attention to detail
• Extensive computer and database expertise, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Typing speed of no less than 35 wpm

Nice to have

• Associate degree in paralegal studies, a paralegal certificate, or a bachelor's degree
• Experience in personal injury, workers' compensation, premises, or other injury-related practice areas

Benefits

• Medical and dental insurance (full-time employees)
• 401(k) plan (full-time employees)
• Paid time off (full-time employees)
• Paid holidays (full-time employees)

Before you apply

• The employer participates in E-Verify and will confirm work authorization using your Form I-9 information after you accept a job offer and complete the I-9 Form

About the company

Morgan & Morgan is a personal injury law firm with over 6,000 employees and attorneys in all 50 states. The firm describes its mission as protecting the people, not the powerful.