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Director of Immigrant Justice Jobs in New York, NY at Legal Services NYC
Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP is a business and litigation law firm headquartered in Pittsburgh with five offices throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and West Virginia from which we serve clients in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Our clients range from Fortune 200 and large privately-held companies to municipal entities, small businesses and partnerships in a broad diversity of industries and business sectors. With each representation, our attorneys work to ensure that matters are addressed practically and efficiently, and in a manner best suited for that client.
The Philadelphia Center City office is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Legal Assistant to provide secretarial and administrative support for multiple attorneys in multiple practice groups. Primary practice groups would include white collar litigation, health care fraud, and commercial litigation while secondary practice groups include product liability, insurance defense, and employment law.
Job responsibilities would include:
· Transcribing, composing, formatting, editing, proofreading, and finalizing all forms of documents, correspondence, pleadings, and reports.
· Opening of new files, file set up and organization, preparing conflicts checks, and updating glance sheets and litigation profiles as needed.
· Preparing and filing of pleadings such as Appearances, Answers, and all pretrial and dispositive Motions in state and federal courts.
· Coordinating, maintaining, and calendaring upcoming trial dates, arbitrations, jury trials, depositions, inspections, and all corresponding status notes.
· Managing incoming mail, entering daily time entries, submitting vendor invoices for payment.
· Maintain attorney calendars, travel arrangements, and expense reporting.
· Reviewing and editing prebills per client guidelines.
The ideal candidate must have the following skills for consideration:
· At least 5 years’ experience assisting attorneys in complex litigation areas such as white collar litigation, health care fraud, commercial litigation, product liability, insurance defense, and employment law.
· Experience with both State and Federal courts, including knowledge of CM/ECF filings in PA and NJ.
· Strong attention to detail in all work.
· Ability to manage multiple files and to prioritize workloads to effectively meet all deadlines.
· Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to interact professionally with all levels of management, staff and clients.
· Forward thinking, organized, and a team player.
· Ability to independently solve problems and exercise sound judgment with minimal direction.
· Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products – Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
· Experience with iManage & Prolaw a plus.
At Pietragallo, we promote individuality and support diversification. We foster a work environment comprised of legal professionals with varied skills, lifestyles, and opinions. The Firm is committed to recruiting, retaining, and promoting attorneys and legal professionals of diverse ethnicity, culture, race, gender, and minority orientation. Pietragallo’s commitment also includes professionals with any legally protected status.
Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP offers a collegial work environment with competitive salary and benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, life and long-term disability insurance, and a 401(k) program.
Please forward resumes to [email protected] for consideration of this position.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
401(k)
401(k) matching
Dental insurance
Disability insurance
Flexible spending account
Health insurance
Health savings account
Life insurance
Paid time off
Vision insurance
Schedule:
8 hour shift
Day shift
Monday to Friday
People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply
Ability to Commute:
Philadelphia, PA 19103 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
Philadelphia, PA 19103: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
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Title: Director of Immigrant Justice
Company: Legal Services NYC
Location: New York, NY
