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Job Title
Legal Assistant
Job Location
Chicago
Job Type
Legal support
Country/Territory
United States
Region
The Americas
Description
The Chicago office of Clyde & Co US LLP seeks a legal assistant
to provide excellent secretarial and administrative support. The ideal
candidate will be comfortable working in a paperless environment, and
will tailor to the unique support needs of each attorney while
ensuring the smooth running of the group and department as a whole.
Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Provide legal and administrative support to Partners and attorneys
Attorney time recording and matter
case opening
Assist Paralegals in organizing case files and records maintenance
Create, prepare, proofread, and amend high volume complex legal
documents, pleadings, letters and emails
File pleadings with courts using various means, including
electronic court filing systems.
Assist with travel arrangements upon request including car, hotel
and airfare reservations, and complete attorney monthly expenses to accounting
Administrative work, including billing, correspondence, and
reporting to clients
Calendar maintenance, such as scheduling hearings, depositions,
meetings, and know civil and federal court deadline filing dates
Qualifications
2 -5 years of previous experience as a legal assistant/secretary
Legal experience, including filing with state and federal courts
(desirable, but not required)
Strong work ethic, organizational, interpersonal, and
communication skills are essential
Ability to think ahead; to follow written and verbal instructions,
strong skills in writing, researching, and organization/flexibility
and Teamwork.
Intermediate proficiency of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Previous experience with FileSite or iManage filing systems
(desirable, but not required)
Creative problem solver who takes initiative to accomplish tasks
with a minimal level of supervision.
Exceptional attention to detail and high proficiency in proofreading
Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and
work with professionals inside and outside the firm.
Clyde & Co is a leading, sector-focused global law firm with 440
partners, 1800 lawyers, 2500 legal professionals, and 4000 staff in
over 50 offices and associated offices worldwide. The firm specializes
in the sectors that move, build and power our connected world and the
insurance that underpins it, including: transport, infrastructure,
energy, trade & commodities and insurance. With a strong focus on
developed and emerging markets, the firm has achieved compound average
annual revenue growth of 15% over the last ten years, making it one of
the fastest-growing law firms in the world with ambitious plans for
further growth.
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We offer a rewarding work environment that supports professional
growth and opportunities. We value diversity in our work place and
it is the policy of the Firm to recruit, hire, promote, reassign,
compensate and train highly qualified persons without regard to
race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,
religion, national origin, age, disability or any other basis
protected by applicable law.