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Legal Administrative Assistant Jobs in Austin, TX at Burnett Turner, PLLC
Title: Legal Administrative Assistant
Company: Burnett Turner, PLLC
Location: Austin, TX
Busy Family Law firm seeking a detail-oriented, organized, and professional Legal Administrative Assistant with a strong work ethic to support our paralegals and office staff.
Primary Duties include:
- Telephone, in-person, and email contact with clients, court personnel, attorneys, and other professionals to schedule meetings, gather information, and screen potential clients
- Perform intakes, conflict checks, coordinate consultations, and set up new client files
- Manage calendar activity, including announcements, calendaring, and tracking deadlines
- Track tasks and their status for the paralegals and follow up until completed
- Review, organize, and verify the accuracy of documents through cross-referencing with other documents
- Draft basic correspondence and legal documents
- Prepare trial and hearing notebooks and discovery responses, including gathering and organizing documents, Bates labeling, printing, and binding
- Maintain paper and electronic files, including creating and maintaining files, pleading/discovery indices, attorney notes, correspondence, and research
- File documents electronically with the courts and/or court clerks
- Close files at the conclusion of the case
- Prepare mailing labels and occasional travel for pick-ups and deliveries of documents
- Request/order filed pleadings from the clerk’s office, as well as deposition transcripts and other documents
- Maintain a daily record of time spent on tasks
- Assist with reception duties when the receptionist is at lunch or out of the office
Required Skills:
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
- Ability to manage deadlines and follow up on tasks
- Multi-tasking and keeping track of deadlines
- Excellent proof-reading skills
- Professional written and verbal communication skills
- A high degree of professionalism in a sometimes-stressful environment
Strong experience using the Microsoft Windows environment and Office Suite, including Word, Outlook, and basic Excel (data entry, simple formulas), and Adobe systems.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
