Legal Assistant
CurrentMarshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin is a leading civil defense litigation law firm that represents and advises insurers, self-insured businesses, and professionals in a wide range of professional liability, casualty, health law, employment, and workers' compensation matters. As a legal assistant, I am responsible for:* Preparing, typing, editing and proofreading legal documents, including briefs, motions, memorandums, reports, agendas, etc. * Composing routine correspondence; dictation and transcription. * Maintaining calendar and contacts for attorneys; scheduling appointments and meetings. * Answering attorney direct lines and monitoring email; serving as liaison between attorney and clients – resolving routine and some complex inquiries. * Coordinating client meetings, board meetings and telephone conferences. * Coordinating travel arrangements. * Preparing and reviewing expense reports for compliance and errors; time entry and client billing; preparing new client, matter forms and conflict checks. * Performing initial research on prospective clients. * Preparing marketing packages for presentation by attorneys. * Creating and maintaining files.