Legal assistant/secretary position in boutique law firm specializing in banking/financial services law.

Duties:

– Assist firm’s lawyers in legal research, and analysis

– Preform receptionist duties and support tasks, especially telephone coverage

– Legal research using LexisNexis and other online sources

– Assist firm’s office manager in areas including procurement and office inventory

– File, shred, photocopy and organize confidential records

– Update Library periodicals and law books

– Modify and maintain tracking spreadsheets in MS Excel

– Assist in preparing and proofreading letters, documents and attorney notes and other resources

– Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

– College graduate with office work experience

Qualifications & Skills:

– Must have professional attitude, take pride in work, pay attention to detail, proof own work, and take constructive criticism well

– Must have excellent command of English language and good phone manner

– Must have strong computer skills and proficient in Microsoft Word and Outlook

– Must have Internet search experience

– Must be able to operate standard office machines, such as Xerox copier, typewriter and fax, etc.

– Must be able to pick up and internalize new information/instructions quickly

– Must be a self-starter and take initiative

– Must like working in quiet office environment

– Must be punctual, neat, organized, and polite

– Must be able to juggle multiple projects, competing priorities and tight deadlines

Desirable:

Prior knowledge of Lexis Advance and other online legal research tools; and

Prior knowledge of Microsoft Office applications such as, Word, Excel, Adobe Acrobat Pro and PowerPoint;

Proficient knowledge and editing capabilities of legal documents