Legal Administrative Assistant - Burnett Specialists

 

Large, prestigiousdowntown law firm is seeking a Legal Administrative Assistant to provide high-leveladministrative support to the Environmental/Regulatory/Legislative team inAustin.

Essential Duties &Responsibilities

• Coordinate and schedule travel, meetings and appointments for attorney(s); assist with expense reimbursements
• Provide accurate timesheet entry, review and revision; participate in timely review and submission of prebills and/or client bills
• Maintain good communication with clients and observe confidentiality of attorney-client relationship; answer client phone calls and messages to attorneys in a timely and courteous manner
• Manage hard copy documents and transmit for safekeeping, profile electronic documents/emails and manage distribution of correspondence and legal documents
• Manage and prioritize incoming workflow to meet all deadlines
• Perform other administrative and secretarial duties as requested

Requirements

·        Minimum 5 years in administrative law, experience with contested agencyproceedings and related hearings, discovery and scheduling matters (PUC,Railroad Commission, SOAH and TCEQ)

• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Word and Outlook
• Working knowledge of legal documents, formatting, table of contents, styles, track changes, inserting and labeling pdf documents and inserting into documents and converting pdf documents to Word
• Experience working with a document management system (iManage experience a plus)