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About the Role
Perdue Brandon Fielder Collins and Mott LLP has an immediate opening for an experienced Legal Assistant in our Austin office. This is a full-time position with benefits including medical, dental, vision, and paid time off. Perdue Brandon offers a professional, yet casual environment. We are a law firm committed to quality and integrity.
Responsibilities
- Working closely with attorneys on civil litigation cases
- Draft original answers
- Draft discovery requests and responses
- Draft motion and other pleadings as required
- Calendar trial and pretrial deadlines
- Manage attorney calendars and deadlines
- E-file pleadings with various district courts
- Coordinate mediations and depositions
- Perform duties administrative in nature pertaining to cases
Requirements
- Must be able to function well in a fast-paced environment
- Must be extremely organized
- Must possess excellent communication skills
- Ability to prioritize, multi-task, take initiative, and meet deadlines is essential
- Must have a high level of efficiency and accuracy in dealing with detailed work
- Ability to establish priorities, work independently and as part of a team, and proceed with objectives with minimal supervision
- Strong attention to detail and a self-starter
- Excellent critical thinking skills
- Regularly required to walk, sit, speak and hear
- Required to stand, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms
- May be required, on occasion, to stoop, kneel, or crouch
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus
- May be required to travel by car
- Must be able to work 37.50 hours per week, 8:30am - 5:00pm - Monday - Friday
Skills
- Outstanding computer skills and knowledge including, but not limited to, Windows 10, Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
- Experience with the E-file system
- Experience with Docuware is helpful, but not required
- Experience with Clio billing system is helpful, but not required
- Excellent organizational, interpersonal and communication skills, including verbal and written communication
Location
- Austin
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Minimum 4 years as a legal assistant
- Not an entry level position
Education Level
- Minimum of high school diploma or equivalent
- Some college or recent graduate of 2 year paralegal certificate program preferred, but not required
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Paid time off
About the Company
- Perdue Brandon Fielder Collins & Mott LLP ("Perdue Brandon") provides legal services to government entities.
- Our clients include school districts, cities, counties, hospital districts, appraisal districts and other governmental entities.
- Perdue Brandon continues to grow and currently has 15 primary offices in Texas and multiple satellite locations in Texas, Oklahoma, and Florida servicing clients in nine states.
- For more information on our Firm, please visit our website at www.pbfcm.com.
- We are a law firm committed to quality and integrity.