Job Description

D3 Search is seeking a Legal Assistant (real estate trans. & public law) on behalf of a highly respected CA-based regional law practice with its headquartered office in Los Angeles, CA (90071).

Position Title :

Legal Assistant

• Note: Law firm employer is seeking a prospective candidate possessing a background supporting real estate transactional & public law attorneys in either a law firm or corporate legal dept. setting.

Location/Map :

Los Angeles, CA 90071

Employment Status:

Full-time/direct-hire employment. 40-hour week. Non-exempt role.

Employer Work Model:

Hybrid work model.

• Note: The firm offers a ' graudated' hybrid work model – fully onsite for the first 30 days, 4 days in/1 day remote for the next 30 days and then transitioning to 3 days in/2 days remote after six (6) months.

Position Summary :

The Legal Assistant will support three or more attorneys (shareholders & senior attorneys) in a legal secretarial/executive assistant capacity.

The Legal Assistant provides a wide range of legal, administrative, and document processing services in the public law, corporate, real estate transactions and other transactional practice departments.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Manages phone lines for supported attorneys, fielding calls, scheduling and initiating conference calls and conveying messages as necessary. Communicate with clients, opposing counsel, courts, and liaisons.
• Prepares agendas, reports and other legal documents.
• Processes time entry, opens new matters, drafts engagement letters and audits responses
• Makes reservations, processes reimbursement expenses, maintains calendar, collates information and other administrative duties, as needed by the department
• Conducts research
• Maintains legal files (both paper & electronic), organize and file documents in designated order, as well as prepare, keyboard, enter, proofread and process legal and administrative correspondence.
• Manages document deliveries and tracks final executed documentation
• Collaborates with team members, providing assistance when time permits

Skills & Competencies :

• Familiarity with the practice of real estate/public entity/corporate law.
• Computer proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite applications including Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook, as well as document management and other office technologies.
• Strong ability to maintain high standards of professionalism, including the ability to maintain confidentiality (both client and internal), use good judgment and anticipate needs of attorneys with high volume practices.
• Strong attention to detail, organizational skills and ability to manage time effectively.
• Positive attitude, excellent interpersonal skills, communication skills and the ability to collaborate well as a team.

Qualifications & Prior Experience :

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience is preferred
• Prior experience working in a business law practice with exposure to real estate transactional law, corporate transactional law & public law areas .
• Computer proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite applications including Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook, as well as document management and other office technologies and experience with e-filing
• Exceptional computer skills with the ability to learn new software applications quickly
• Knowledge of DocuSign is preferred

Annual Compensation/Salary & Benefits:

Salary range is up to 105K (DOE/DOQ) and the law firm (employer) offers a comprehensive & robust benefits package, 401K, generous PTO, annual reviews, lucrative bonuses, and career growth opportunities, etc.

If interested in this Legal Assistant (real estate trans. & public law) role with this highly respected CA-based regional law practice with its headquartered office in Los Angeles CA (90071) , and you meet the above qualifications/requirements, please contact the following D3 rep.:

Domenic Ferrante ~ D3 Search

domenic@d3search.com | ☎️ 213-785-2485

D3 Legal Search, LLC (aka D3 Search) and its clients are equal opportunity employers. Pursuant to local ordinances, we will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.

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