Legal Resource Assistant

Arnold & Porter has a Legal Resource Assistant opening in the Washington, DC office. The Legal Resource Assistant assists attorneys and other legal personnel with administrative work in a team-oriented and collaborative environment. This position will work in the Washington, D.C. office on-site Monday-Friday.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to :

• Skillfully preparing, editing, and proofreading legal documents and emails.
• Assisting in all facets of trials, depositions, client meetings, and case strategy meetings; organizing exhibits, notebooks, charts, graphs, memorandums, and other legal documents as well as visual aids for same.
• Diligently managing attorneys' Outlook calendars and arranging conference / video conference calls, virtual meetings on platforms such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams.
• Tracking, entering, and processing expenses and invoices through our accounts payable system, Emburse.
• Efficiently coordinating and scheduling attorney travel.
• Organizing, routing, and archiving incoming mail.
• Maintaining an awareness of attorneys' caseloads and statuses.
• Establishing and maintaining attorneys' files in electronic and hard copy format.
• Maintaining attorneys' state and federal court admissions and renewals current.
• Working with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and other firm applications, as necessary, to complete specific assignments.
• Onboarding and managing new clients and matters.
• Reviewing, editing, and finalizing firm invoices to clients.
• Collaborating with accounting and e-billing teams to initiate and maintain proper client billing procedures.

Qualifications :

Applicants should submit their resume and cover letter for consideration.

The base salary for this position is $50,000.

For benefits information, please click here .

As a nonexempt position, this position is eligible for overtime.

The firm may provide a discretionary bonus annually.

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