Overview
Legal Clerk – NY Jobs in Islandia, NY at Rubin & Rothman, LLC.
Legal Clerk
Law firm seeking a legal assistant to support the firm’s litigation attorney staff. The ideal candidate is responsible for processing and maintaining legal documentation, updating case management systems, and supporting attorneys and legal staff with administrative and document-related tasks. The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, and capable of managing high volumes of legal documents while maintaining accuracy and confidentiality.
Requirements –
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and familiarity with court systems and filings. Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as the ability to work on group assignments as a team player. Ability to maintain confidential information and acceptable standards of office and professional conduct. Capability to work both independently and collaboratively as well as possessing a positive team-oriented mentality.
Great environment to learn all or further develop civil practice skills and knowledge.
Qualifications –
- 2-3+ years of office, administrative, legal support, or document processing experience
- Legal clerk, paralegal assistant, law firm, banking, financial services, debt settlement, or document processing experience preferred.
- Strong data entry skills with a high level of accuracy
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Adobe Acrobat/PDF documents, and Microsoft Office Suite
- Experience reviewing and updating databases and case management systems
- Ability to identify discrepancies and resolve documentation issues
- Ability to maintain accuracy while processing high-volume legal documents under strict deadlines.
- Comfortable handling confidential and sensitive information
- Experience processing:
- Powers of Attorney (POA)
- Consents to Change Attorney
- Attorney substitutions
- Legal correspondence and court-related documents
Key Skills
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Strong organizational and time-management skills
- Ability to multitask and prioritize competing deadlines
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Problem-solving and critical thinking abilities
- Dependable and self-motivated
- Team player with a positive attitude
Additional Experience
- Collections or debt settlement industry experience
- Experience working with attorneys, debt settlement companies, or financial institutions
- Knowledge of legal terminology and court procedures
- Experience tracking document workflows and aging reports
- Quality assurance or compliance review experience
- Experience scanning, indexing, and electronically filing documents
- Ability to research account and attorney information across multiple systems
- Experience handling large volumes of incoming legal mail and document requests
Excellent benefit package (401k, medical, dental, vision, and a generous paid time off program).
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $20.00 – $25.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
Title: Legal Clerk – NY
Company: Rubin & Rothman, LLC.
Location: Islandia, NY
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