legal assistant Fairfax, VA
Job description
Job Title: Legal Assistant (Full-Time)
Job Description: The Havrilak Law Firm, P.C. is a small firm in Fairfax, Virginia, whose attorneys focus their practice on family law. We are in need of a reliable and proactive full-time Legal Assistant who is ideally available to start immediately. The Legal Assistant will work directly with our attorneys in drafting documents, working on discovery, preparing cases for trial, and managing the firm’s calendar and client files. Interested applicants should have strong organizational, typing, and verbal and written communication skills.
Job Responsibilities and Duties:
- Work with attorneys to draft pleadings, letters, agreements, memoranda and other documents
- Prepare and organize discovery responses for our clients
- Organize discovery responses received from opposing parties
- Manage the firm’s electronic and hard files for each client, organize the files and file documents into the files
- Manage and update the firm’s calendar (electronic and hard back-up)
- Set up consultations for prospective clients
- Communicate with clients via email and phone to convey messages from the attorneys and share documents and information with clients
- Assist with answering phones
Preferred Job Qualifications and Skills:
- Excellent organization abilities
- Strong verbal and non-verbal communication skills
- Ability to use Microsoft Word
- Ability to use Microsoft Excel (preferred but not required)
Instructions for Applicants: Interested applicants should contact Staci H. Figueroa via email at [email protected] and include their full name, resumé and a cover letter.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $14.00 - $20.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Health insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Travel requirement:
- No travel
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Fairfax, VA 22030: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
