Legal Support Coordinator - Consumer Litigation

Legal Support Coordinator - Consumer Litigation

Dykema Gossett PLLC, a leading national law firm, is recruiting for a Legal Support Coordinator – Consumer Litigation in our Bloomfield Hills location. The core duties revolve around supporting others and delivering exceptional customer service under the supervision of the Office Administrator. The Legal Support Coordinator is responsible for providing administrative support to meet the daily needs of the office location, coordinating the national legal support team for the assigned products liability group practice, and preparing, organizing, and filing electronic and non‑electronic court filings and other legal documents.

• Provides day‑to‑day support to attorneys and legal staff, primarily supporting the products liability team and coordinating national discovery management.
• Assists with new business intake processes, saves client/attorney incoming emails and court notifications in Net Docs or similar document management systems, and performs electronic filing following court e‑filing procedures.
• Creates, types, modifies, and saves correspondence, memoranda, notes, legal documents, etc., from drafts, originals, or dictation.
• Copies and scans documents and creates/updates binders.
• May assist with attorney time entry, travel, and scheduling, and maintains the current billing numbers list.
• As requested, may provide support for reception, the conference center, and/or copy center; duties vary widely from day to day.
• Performs other administrative duties as assigned by firm management.

• Two years of post‑high school education and related work experience required;
  Associate’s Degree preferred; prior law firm/legal department experience is a plus.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including data entry, proofreading, spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint); typing proficiency of +55 wpm preferred.
• Possesses a high level of organizational and project management skills.
• Self‑motivated with the ability to multi‑task and work with minimal supervision.
• Exercises independent judgment in determining priority levels of all work assigned and assures assignments are completed in a timely manner.
• Demonstrates a high degree of professionalism and confidentiality regarding firm and client matters and protects sensitive information.
• Experience operating administrative office equipment (e.g., high‑speed copier, scanner, fax machine).
• Ability to execute tasks in a client‑centric manner and to work effectively and efficiently in a team setting and with a diverse group of people at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to take direction, receive and apply feedback, and communicate support needs.
• Ability to effectively follow procedures and manage competing priorities; demonstrate attention to detail, accuracy, and excellent organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently with some level of autonomy, taking initiative to ensure performance aligns with the successful operations of the office.
• Ability to be flexible, work flexible hours when required, and respond quickly and calmly to urgent situations; occasionally working overtime, evening or weekend hours may be required.

Dykema offers an excellent salary and benefit package, including transportation assistance. Dykema provides a professional, diverse, and collaborative workplace where all employees can thrive. Dykema has achieved, and continues to participate in, Mansfield Certification. Our work environment is business casual.

It is the Firm’s policy to provide employment opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis without regard to the individual’s age, race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, domestic partner relationship, physical characteristics, disability, or other protected characteristics under applicable federal, state or local laws or ordinances. Dykema will make reasonable efforts to accommodate the known disabilities of employees who are otherwise qualified to perform the essential functions of the jobs involved.

It is the responsibility of every individual concerned with personnel actions, including management, supervision, recruiting, compensation, benefits, promotions, work assignments, and training, to ensure that these activities are administered consistent with the Firm’s goal of furthering the principle of equal employment opportunity.

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