Legal Assistant - Hybrid (NYC or Westchester) Job at MARKS O'NEILL, O'BRIEN, DOHERTY, & KELLY, PC
MARKS, O’NEILL, O’BRIEN, DOHERTY & KELLY, one of the Northeast’s premier insurance defense law firms, seeks to hire an experienced Legal Secretary to work in our midtown New York office, located conveniently near Grand Central Station or our Tarrytown, NY Office. This is a full-time position and offers a competitive salary and benefits package and growth opportunity.
Responsibilities:
- Produces information by transcribing, formatting, inputting, editing, retrieving, copying, and transmitting text, data, and graphics; coordinating case preparation
- Arranges for and files/e-files legal documents with various courts
- Maintains attorney calendars
- Represents attorney by communicating and obtaining information; following-up on delegated assignments; knowing when to act and when to refer matters to attorney
- Tracks payments to vendors
- Prepares pleadings (basic motions, discovery requests, stipulations), Discovery Responses, Certificates of Service, NODs and letters for attorney finalization.
- Prepares TOC and TOA for Briefs
- Organizes and maintains file documents
- Schedules depositions and IMEs’ with corresponding documents and communications
Qualifications:
- 3-5 years high volume, insurance defense experience a must.
- Hands-on knowledge of ProLaw required.
- Experience with E-filing pleadings in both Supreme Court, as well as Federal Court.
- Must possess working knowledge of Microsoft Office – styles, automatic paragraph numbering, Excel, PDF docs, to properly prepare documents according to various court restrictions.
- Strong typing skills.
- Applicant must be detail-oriented, well organized, and a team player.
Marks, O’Neill, O’Brien, Doherty & Kelly provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or any other protected characteristic. In addition to federal law requirements, our firm complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location where we have offices.
About Us
MARKS, O’NEILL, O’BRIEN, DOHERTY & KELLY has been at the forefront of defense litigation for over a quarter of a century representing the interests of corporations, carriers and individual clients in all areas of defense litigation. With offices in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, New York and Maryland, we offer our clients the benefits of a regional approach to their litigation needs.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $30.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Experience:
- Supreme and District Court Proceedings: 2 years (Required)
Work Location: One location
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