Legal Administrative Assistant - Henfield, United Kingdom - Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Description

With over 725 lawyers in 29 offices across the U.S., Dinsmore is committed to maintaining and developing a strong market profile.

This is both to facilitate an understanding of the firm's capabilities by current and prospective clients, and to support the recruitment of talented attorneys and business professionals.

• Help to manage individual attorney calendars which could include scheduling meetings, conference calls, and travel arrangements; learn departmental docketing system as necessary
• Open and maintain client files
• Provide clerical support to the attorneys and paralegals
• Coordinate the monthly client billing process
• Provide backup overflow assistance to legal secretaries as needed
• Preparation and formatting of legal documents and correspondence

• Have familiarity with commercial finance loan terminology and loan types,
• Excellent writing, grammar, proofreading skills, and meticulous attention to detail
• Excellent word processing skills and intermediatelevel use of Microsoft Office Suite, pdf editing software, and related legal software
• Experience using attorney timekeeping and document management systems a plus
• Familiarity with basic online resources
• Possess strong organizational and time management skills, and ability to multitask
• Proven success as a positive team player, as well as an independent worker
• Ability to excel in a fastpaced environment

• Henfield (preferred)

• Henfield: Relocate before starting work (preferred)