Hybrid Legal Assistant

at McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC

• Job title: Legal Assistant
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $20 - $22 per hour
• Degree requirement: High School Diploma
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Chicago, United States

About the role

• Legal Assistant handling administrative tasks on Deeds team for MRLP LLP. Drafting legal documents and providing client support in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Handling all administrative tasks on Deeds team.
• Timely drafting of deeds and other legal documents.
• Timely follow-up and correspondence with all interested parties.
• Maintaining paper and electronic files.
• Utilization and maintenance of a variety of client systems.
• Large amount of customer service driven responsibilities.
• Providing regular and timely client status updates.
• Continual follow-up on outstanding documents and services.
• Ensuring there are no areas of back-log.
• Providing exceptional customer service to clients at every level of interaction.
• Supporting attorneys in a high volume, time sensitive atmosphere.
• Performing other duties and responsibilities as needed.

Requirements

• 1-3 years’ administrative experience;
• Strong communication skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Strong document preparation skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Motivated self-starter who can multi-task
• Ability to easily prioritize issues
• Ability to handle a high volume of work
• Adaptable to frequent change
• Team player willing to pitch in where needed
• Committed to providing exceptional customer service
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision
• Demonstrate resourcefulness in solving problems quickly
• Experience with client systems such as BKFS, Clarifire, Tempo, Vendorscape and others is preferred.
• High-level proficiency in MS Office suite