Legal Assistant - Litigation

Shutts & Bowen LLP, a leading Florida law firm, seeks a litigation assistant to join our litigation team in our Miami office.

• Proficient knowledge of the rules of procedure using various court filing systems. 
• Must have experience filing pleadings in both Federal and State courts by the related court requirements.
• Effective oral and written communication skills needed to draft and proofread correspondence, pleadings, and other legal documents.
• Experience tracking firm, attorney, and client expenses and using application software to process reimbursements and payments. 
• Knowledge and ability to participate in client billing, including assisting attorneys in entering narratives, tracking billable tasks, making edits, calendaring billing due dates, and delivering bills to clients in electronic and paper forms.
• Schedule state court hearings by court requirements.
• Understand court requirements to calculate deadlines and ensure the attorney and team meet them.
• Schedule client appointments in coordination with the attorney.
• Managing electronic and paper case files.  
• Handling incoming and outgoing mail and other correspondence. 
• Answering, screening, directing, and placing telephone calls and emails.
• The above description describes employees' general nature and work in this position. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications of employees assigned to this job. Individuals may perform other duties as assigned, including work in other functional areas to cover absences or relief, equalize peak work periods, or otherwise balance the workload.
• This position is in the office 5 days a week.

• Experience working with multiple attorneys is required.

Physical Demands

• The employee is regularly required to talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close and distance vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Attendance in the office is required.

Shutts & Bowen LLP is an equal-opportunity employer.