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Litigation Legal Assistant Jobs in Cleveland, OH at Hunter International, Inc
Litigation Legal Assistant
Cleveland, OH
$75,000-$95,000
The Litigation Legal Assistant will provide high-level litigation and administrative support to attorneys, paralegals, and legal professionals across multiple practice groups. The ideal candidate is a proactive, detail-oriented legal professional with extensive experience supporting litigation matters and advanced document formatting skills.
Litigation Legal Assistant Responsibilities:
- Provide comprehensive administrative and litigation support to attorneys and legal staff.
- Draft, edit, proofread, and format complex legal documents, correspondence, pleadings, and other litigation materials.
- Perform advanced Microsoft Word document formatting, including applying and modifying styles, numbering schemes, templates, and other complex formatting functions.
- Create and update tables of contents and tables of authorities.
- Compare and reconcile document versions.
- Enter attorney time and prepare expense reports.
- Process new matter intake requests and maintain accurate case information.
- Coordinate attorney travel arrangements and scheduling.
- Assist with trial, deposition, arbitration, and hearing preparation.
- Perform data entry and maintain electronic case files.
- Collaborate with attorneys, paralegals, and other departments to ensure timely completion of assignments.
- Prioritize multiple deadlines while delivering high-quality work in a fast-paced environment.
Litigation Legal Assistant Requirements:
- 10+ years of experience as a Litigation Legal Assistant, Legal Secretary, Paralegal, or in another legal support role focused on litigation.
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint).
- Extensive experience formatting complex legal documents.
- Excellent grammar, proofreading, and written communication skills.
- Strong organizational, time management, and multitasking abilities.
- Outstanding interpersonal and customer service skills.
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team environment.
- Experience with PDF editing software (such as Kofax or similar).
- Experience using document management systems (such as NetDocuments or similar).
- Familiarity with legal time entry software (such as Aderant or similar).
- Experience supporting California litigation matters is a plus.
- Prior experience in a legal word processing or document specialist role is preferred.
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Title: Litigation Legal Assistant
Company: Hunter International, Inc
Location: Cleveland, OH
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