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Job Title Litigation Legal Assistant
Job Location Kansas City
Job Type Business Services
Country/Territory United States
Region The Americas
Description

The Firm's Kansas City office is a seeking a dynamic and professional individual to support a growing complex claims practice group.

Responsibilities:

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Provide administrative support to Partners and team of attorneys
  • 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
  • Administrative work, including billing, correspondence and reporting to clients
  • Calendar maintenance

Requirements:

  • 2+ years' experience as a litigation legal assistant/secretary
  • Strong organizational, interpersonal and communication skills are essential
  • Ability to work under pressure and to meet statutory, time and content sensitive deadlines
  • Advanced proficiency of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
  • Experienced with e-filing and e-service in multiple jurisdictions
  • 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.

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