Position: Legal Administrative Assistant / Legal Secretary
Fuse3 Solutions is seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Legal Administrative Assistant to support attorneys in a fast-paced Tulsa office environment. This individual will play a key role in supporting both litigation and transactional matters while maintaining a high level of professionalism, organization, and confidentiality.
Responsibilities
- Prepares correspondence, memoranda and other legal documents from written and oral drafts; drafts standard correspondence, and other documents.
- Screens telephone calls and records messages.
- Reads, sorts and dates incoming mail. Ensures that outgoing mail is timely delivered. If necessary, routes mail to specific delivery service and follows up on timely delivery.
- Establishes and maintains calendar and deadline reminder systems; utilizes master calendar system.
- Under timekeeper supervision, opens new files, requests conflict of interest checks, and maintains all client and general files. Prepares files to be closed.
- Receives clients and visitors; maintains good public relations with clients; observes confidentiality of attorney-client relationship.
- Makes appointments for timekeeper(s).
- Enter billable time in time-keeping system, assists timekeepers in processing pre-bills, as requested.
- Assists other assistants in backup capacity, as requested.
- Attention to detail, organizational skills and initiative are imperative.
- Must be forward-thinking and have strong problem solving skills
- Ability to proof and perform editing (e.g., punctuation, grammar, spelling) of routine law office correspondence and legal case matters.
- Ability to transcribe legal documents, correspondence and reports from rough draft or dictation at a level of 70 wpm.
- Ability to organize and prioritize numerous tasks and complete them under time constraints.
- Ability to proofread typed material for grammatical, typographical or spelling errors.
- Interpersonal skills necessary in order to communicate and follow instructions effectively from a diverse group of clients, attorneys and staff to provide information with ordinary courtesy and tact.
- Interpersonal skills necessary in order to communicate in person, by e-mail and telephone to provide information with ordinary courtesy and tact.
- Work occasionally requires a high level of mental effort and strain while producing a high volume of information performing other essential duties.
- Work occasionally requires overtime to perform the essential duties
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Family Law
- Estate/Probate
- General Litigation Experience
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent proofreading, grammar, spelling, and document editing skills
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and professionalism at all times
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal
- Forward-thinking mindset with strong problem-solving abilities
- Ability to work independently and take initiative
- Proficiency with legal document preparation and timekeeping systems
- Typing and transcription skills with the ability to accurately prepare legal documents from draft or dictation preferred
Additional Information
- Occasional overtime may be required based on workload and deadlines
- Position requires attention to detail, strong time management, and the ability to manage a high volume of work efficiently
The pay range for the Legal Administrative Assistant is $60k-$70k/year based on experience.
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