Legal Assistant

We are seeking a Legal Assistant to work full-time in our Towson office. Candidates should have prior law firm experience. We offer a competitive salary and benefits.

Responsibilities:

• Produces information by transcribing, formatting, inputting, editing, retrieving, copying, and transmitting text, data, coordinating case preparation
• Arranges for and files/e-files legal documents with various courts
• Maintains attorney(s) 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
• Drafts 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 of prior law firm litigation experience is required.
• Applicant must be deadline and detail-oriented, well organized, and a team player who is able to work collaboratively and independently on assigned projects.
• Must possess working knowledge of Microsoft Office 365, including Styles, Automatic Paragraph Numbering, Excel, PDF docs, to properly prepare documents according to various court restrictions.

Job Type: Full-Time

Pay: From $25.00 per hour

Benefits: 401(k), Dental insurance, Health insurance, Vision insurance

Schedule: Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid – From Home/Towson, MD

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 non-discrimination in employment in every location where we have offices.