Legal Assistant

Company: Gilchrist Law Firm, P.C.
Location: Albuquerque
Posted on: April 5, 2025

Job Description:

Our busy legal firm is looking for an efficient, organized legal assistant to help our attorney and paralegal assist our clients and ensure we're operating efficiently. You'll assist with the preparation of legal documents, and handle all office correspondence including answering phone calls and emails, arranging meetings and travel, and reminding the team of upcoming deadlines. If you have experience in a law firm environment, work well under pressure, and are looking for a rewarding opportunity in the legal industry, we want to connect with you.

Responsibilities:

--- Conduct legal research, when necessary, with guidance from attorneys and paralegals
--- Use daily time records to properly process client billing with support from the accounting department
--- Schedule meetings and appointments for the team, such as depositions, make travel arrangements, and coordinate with outside vendors for events
--- Handle office correspondence and administrative tasks such as responding to emails and phone calls, communicating with opposing attorney offices, taking dictation, and letting the team know about upcoming deadlines
--- Assist with the creation of various litigation documents, including pleadings, motions, subpoenas, affidavits, contracts, and briefs for case preparation, and proofread documents a needed
--- Accept other administrative tasks as needed to assist the team and ensure the firm runs smoothly


Qualifications:

--- Some knowledge of legal software, case management, and docketing programs
--- Must be able to type at least 50 WPM
--- 1-2 years of prior experience in a law firm environment as a secretary or administrative assistant
--- Comfortable working with all Microsoft Office products
--- Associate's degree, or some college is preferred; high school diploma or equivalent is necessary


About Company:
We are a small law firm (1 attorney) and we focus on consumer bankruptcy and estate planning. Our work is high paced with lots of client interaction. We love what we do as we are helping people with their problems or allowing them plan proactively. We are flexible with schedules.

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