Litigation Legal Assistant

* Candidates must have at least 3 years of consistent litigation experience

Our client, a law firm located in Memphis, is seeking a Litigation Legal Assistant. This is a temp to hire opportunity. The company offers a competitive benefits package once you have reached permanent status.

• Compose legal papers and correspondence of legal nature such as summonses, complaints, motions, subpoenas and memoranda.
• Enter daily time entries and check time.
• Set up conference calls.
• Transcribe dictation via electronic transcribing unit, or written notes.
• Process incoming and outgoing mail.
• Maintain attorneys’ files daily.
• Manage calendar/schedule for assigned timekeepers.
• Manage large document productions.
• Arrange for meetings and conferences.
• Arrange travel schedules and reservations.
• Process conflicts of interest, new business reports and check requests.
• Ensure that legal deadlines are input into the computerized docket system.
• Track and remind assigned attorneys of deadlines.
• Review client billing and adjust or correct billing entries based on client and or firm billing guidelines.