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Beacon Hill Legal is seeking a Litigation Legal assistant for our client a Litigation law firm for their office in Downtown Dallas. The legal assistant must have experience in Civil Litigation focusing on defense of tort claims against electric utility companies.

Responsibilities include preparing correspondence and legal documents; editing and maintaining billing and timekeeping records; assisting assigned attorneys with meetings, hearings and trials; scheduling and calendaring; preparing expense reports and credit card reconciliations; and all other secretarial and basic paralegal activities necessary to help defend our clients in litigation matters.

Job Responsibilities

• Compose routine correspondence and documents and prepare reports using knowledge of work, instructions and guidelines. Transcribe correspondence and enter attorney time into the billing system from dictation.
• Proofread and correct prepared materials for appropriate grammar, spelling, punctuation and format; file or e-file legal documents with state and federal courts in Texas.
• Open, sort, and distribute incoming mail to attorneys; scan correspondence and documents to electronic format and file electronically to case file and related materials needed for action.
• Review client billing on a monthly cycle and work with the billing department to edit and finalize bills. Ensure that client billing complies with litigation management guidelines. Review invoice detail pages for approvals, adjustments, rejections and appeals for ebilled matters. Work with the billing department on preparing matter budgets and ensuring rate schedules are accurate.
• Respond to inquiries on a variety of matters such as the status of pending cases, billing matters and client account balances.
• Schedule and arrange meetings and conferences and notify interested parties; maintain calendars for assigned attorneys.
• Prepare attorney expense reports, credit card reconciliations, timekeeping records, and other personnel records.
• Establish and maintain office files, indices, legal references, records, and other information in connection with assigned work.
• Handle other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Positive outlook, mindset of a team player, and ability to work well with others is essential.
• Ability to adapt to our firm environment and how our clients want their matters handled and reported.
• Ability to perform work with a high level of accuracy in a high-volume and deadline driven environment.
• Accurate typing of 80+ wpm and excellent computer skills (MS Word, Excel, Outlook and time/billing software), including scanning and electronic filing of documents.
• Demonstrated ability to be a productive self-starter who can anticipate needs, identify problems, find solutions, meet deadlines, and does not need heavy supervision.
• Excellent organization, time management, and communication skills

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