Litigation Legal Assistant – Amarillo, TX
Sprouse Shrader Smith, a distinguished, experienced, and respected full-service law firm in Amarillo, Austin, and Victoria, Texas, seeks an experienced, well-rounded, and qualified litigation legal assistant for our Amarillo legal team. The position will be filled at our Amarillo office, located at 701 S. Taylor, Suite 500, Amarillo, Texas.
Position Summary:
This position supports the delivery of quality legal services to clients by providing administrative assistance and support to attorneys, working collaboratively and cooperatively with others in a team-oriented environment.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Ability to draft client correspondence
- Effectively proofreads documents.
- Coordinates and arranges meetings.
- Calendar hearings, trials, depositions, and other deadlines per scheduling order.
- Reviews and follows up on client deadlines and calendar appointments.
- Consistently completes assigned tasks as expected.
- Maintain paper and electronic files.
- Possesses a high level of awareness and diligently protects confidential information.
- Willingly assist others.
- Coordinates monthly billing to clients.
- Proficiency in Microsoft word and excel
Personal Attributes:
- Maintains an exceptional client-service attitude and professional demeanor at all times.
- Shows initiative, flexibility, resiliency, and a willingness to adapt to change.
- Takes ownership and gets the job done without direct supervision.
- Maintains a positive, “can-do” attitude when dealing with co-workers and attorneys.
- Contributes to an atmosphere of teamwork and congeniality.
- Reliable, responsive, strong work ethic
- Consistently and professionally communicates with team members and clients.
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.
Job Type: Full-time; full benefits.
Required experience: law firm legal assistance experience, government legal staff experience or corporate legal experience
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To apply, please send a cover letter and resume to:
Rick Zimmer, Firm Administrator
Jobs@SprouseLaw.com
Phone: 806.468.3300
