Legal Assistant - Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC

Maron Marvel's devoted attorneys and staff work in synchrony to climb higher, smarter, and faster to elevate national litigation risk management. Our lawyers are focused on winning by being fearless, loyal, efficient, and steadfast. We are equally committed to making the world and legal profession better through dedicated DEI, community service, and attorney development work.

From the start, Maron Marvel attorneys had a passion for superior work product, a distinctive culture rooted in mass tort litigation, and an obsession with exceptional client service. Today, with over 100 attorneys in 13offices in 11states, Maron Marvel is best-in-show in national litigation risk management and mass tort defense. The firm serves as national, regional, and trial counsel to Fortune 500 companies with multiple operations located in the most dangerous plaintiff jurisdictions in the country. Maron Marvel's clients come from the energy, construction, manufacturing, technology, transportation, insurance, and liability-related industries. In addition to mass toxic torts, the firm also offers legal services concerning commercial disputes and liability-related defense.

Maron Marvel has an immediate opening for a legal assistant to join its Wilmington Office.

Position Overview:This position requires a high degree of interaction with firm partners, associates and staff, as well as clients. As such, candidates should have good judgment and impeccable professionalism. Candidates will be primarily responsible for assisting attorneys with all aspects of litigation, including discovery, court filings and trial preparation in Federal and State Courts in Delaware. Experience in Pennsylvania Courts a plus. Candidates must have strong litigation knowledge. Experience with document management systems is required. Candidates will also have proficiency in word processing and proof reading, including the use of styles in formatting of pleadings, discovery and other legal documents, as well as generating tables of content and authorities as required. Candidates should also be pro-active to handle necessary tasks for busy attorneys minimal supervision. The ideal candidate will take the initiative, have strong attention to detail, be highly organized & have impeccable communication skills.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Assist in preparing a variety of litigation documents, such as pleadings, motions, briefs, and other related documents.
2. Assist in filing legal documents with state and federal courts, including service of all documents upon parties and the Court, where required.
3. Assist in the preparation and service of discovery and document productions.
4. Track deposition calendar and maintain index of deposition summary memoranda.
5. May be required to schedule and coordinate depositions, mediations, and other legal proceedings with court reporters, witnesses, outside counsel, opposing counsel and other parties, and maintain docket of litigation cases
6. Experience handling multiple attorneys with full caseloads
7. Assist with client engagement and retention, including preparation of engagement letter, conflict check, conflict waivers, and submitting information to open matters
8. Provide overflow assistance as requested from different offices

Qualifications:

• High School diploma or its equivalent required, or Certificate or Degree from a Business School is preferred.
• Requires 3 to 5 years of legal secretarial, executive secretarial or secretarial administrative assistant experience, preferably with a large sized law or professional firm.
• Strong knowledge of court rules and litigation procedures.
• In depth knowledge of legal documents and terminology.
• Excellent time-management and organizational skills.
• Strong secretarial skills including typing, proofreading, spelling, grammar, and math.
• Ability to organize and prioritize workload and use own judgment in decision making on how to adequately and efficiently meet all deadlines.
• Ability to take the initiative in handling projects and anticipating what needs to be done.