Legal Assistant
Small Personal Injury/Medical Malpractice law firm on Brickell seeking a Low to Mid-Level Legal Assistant
Required Skills:
- 2-3 years of Florida litigation procedures and deadlines. Resumes without this experience will be automatically rejected.
- Personal injury or medical malpractice experience preferred
- Attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
- Strong Knowledge of Microsoft products is required (formatting in Word is necessary)
- Must be a problem solver
- Must be able to multi-task
- Must be comfortable with using/learning new software and technologies
Duties include:
- Coordinating Hearings, Depositions & Mediations
- Medical Records and Public Records Requests
- Filing
- Drafting/Preparing/Serving Discovery Requests and Responses
- Draft and Serve Subpoenas
- Drafting/Formatting/Editing/Combining Exhibits
- Organize documents responsive to subpoena
- Schedule Hearings/Upload Documents/Upload Orders to CourtMap, Broward CMS etc.
- Trial Prep
- Organize Hearing Exhibits
- Federal Filing Experience
- Send documents to Process Server for Service
- Prepare Hearing Binders
- Calendaring Deadlines
- Set up Zoom links
- Online Notary (will train and license)
- Spanish is preferred, but not required
Job Type: Full-time, in-person
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental Insurance
- Free parking
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8-hour shift – 9-6 pm with one hour lunch Monday to Friday
Experience:
- Florida Litigation: 2-3 years (Required)
- Personal injury or medical malpractice experience preferred