Legal Assistant - Employment and Labor Relations (Minneapolis)
At Taft, we work as one team, driven and committed to helping our clients succeed. A full-service law firm with more than 875 attorneys and approximately 1,500 on our team, we have the collaborative approach, advanced technological resources, and depth of services that make us a preeminent law firm in the Midwest.
Taft is seeking a Legal Assistant to serve our Employment and Labor Relations Group in Taft’s Minneapolis office.
We are seeking a Legal Assistant with 3+ years’ experience to support our Employment and Labor Relations group in the Minneapolis office. All Taft employees operate under a “Client First” philosophy—in all things, we seek to provide exceptional services to our clients.
Essential Duties:
- Edits and proofreads highly sensitive and confidential documents, which requires proactive review for, and ability to relay, relevant discrepancies/inconsistencies
- Maintains strict confidentiality of matters and information
- E-files in state and federal courts, and uploads documents to the EEOC and other government systems and portals
- Manages and maintains attorney schedules and calendars, including coordinating a high volume of meetings and client calls
- Supports the billing process, including initial review and comment on BIMs, editing BIMs, obtaining, preparing and/or updating reports, preparing cover letters and/or emails, following up on client and attorney inquiries
- Independently performs administrative duties such as proofing, editing and releasing attorney time entries; registering, calendaring and reporting CLEs; requesting and following up on reimbursements and other related tasks
- Prepares and reviews letters and memoranda according to Firm standards using word processing and document management systems and software
- Reviews attorney emails and saves to correct client file
- Exhibits outstanding client service orientation in greeting guests, scheduling meetings, and contacting, supporting and interacting with clients
- Displays strong attention to detail
- Proactively supports attorneys
- Responds to requests with a sense of urgency and effectively prioritizes work
- Demonstrates flexibility and ability to manage multiple priorities
- Proactively monitors deadlines
- Creates, maintains, and retires files in accordance with Taft’s Information Governance Policy
- Assists in managing client contacts, emails, and print documents as well as processing mail
- Clearly communicates in a concise, professional manner
Requirements:
- 3+ years related experience
- Proficient command of the English language and standard grammar rules
- Strong working knowledge of and experience in using Microsoft Office programs; desire to maintain and upgrade excellent technical skills and to learn new software
- Ability to read cursive hand-writing for the purposes of accurate time entry and completion of hand-written edits, notes and documents.
Interested candidates should apply here.