Legal Administrative Assistant

We are actively searching for an experienced Legal Administrative Assistant / Legal Secretary to

join our team in our Austin, TX (AUS) office. Our legal administrative assistants play a vital role on

our case teams and are respected for their ideas and contributions.

We are currently requiring our team members to be in the office a minimum of two days per week.

As a Legal Administrative Assistant/Secretary, you will assist attorneys and paralegals in the organization with documents and workflow necessary for the smooth running of the firm.

Your duties in this role will include:

• Preparing legal documents and correspondence
• Filing documents in state and federal courts
• Preparing and maintaining charts with hyperlinks for documents
• Preparing binders for attorneys and judges
• Creating and saving documents and emails to a document management system (iManage) in accordance with firm policy
• Calendaring legal due dates in Compu Law
• Scheduling meetings and other calendar commitments
• Making travel arrangements and processing expense reports
• Processing client disbursements
  
  Organizing and maintaining case files
• Supporting overall Bowman and Brooke administrative needs by assisting team members where needed

Our ideal candidate will have a strong work ethic and the ability to work well under pressure and against tight deadlines. You must also possess excellent attention to detail and have the ability to multi-task. Your confidence and communication skills will help you develop relationships of trust with members of our team.

Specific qualifications for this position include:

• Exceptional organizational skills
• Exceptional computer skills
• Ability to obtain documents from online court directories
• Ability to work overtime when the need arises
• Heavy computer use
• Ability to lift at least 30 lbs. (files and boxes)

• Minimum of 8+ years of legal experience required
• Product Liability Defense Litigation experience required
• Demonstrated employment stability
• Experience with Mass Tort cases a plus

We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package including everything you’d expect -- medical, dental, and vision insurance; firm paid life insurance and short and long-term disability; retirement savings plan with employer profit sharing contributions and more.

Our office is passionate about our clients and each other, seeking opportunities for achieving a high level of success while also having fun.

The first 60 days will be onsite 5 days a week. After that training session is completed and remote work approved, you will be offered a hybrid schedule with 3 days onsite and 2 days work from home.

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Equal Opportunity Employer