Zerega Consulting Services, LLC

Our client, a prestigious firm, seeks an experienced Legal Assistant to join their successful Commercial Real Estate/Land Use team in their Clearwater, FL office. The role comes with a great salary package with additional perks such as paid health care, gym reimbursement, and parking. The culture is compassionate, and the atmosphere is top-notch.

Essential Duties:

• Manage the day-to-day schedules of the attorneys.
• Assist attorneys with the preparation of legal documents.  Create, edit, and proofread work products to ensure accuracy.
• Maintain multiple attorneys’ calendars – deadlines, appointments and meetings.
• Processing reimbursements, expense reports and check requests.
• Inputs, reviews, edits, and closes timekeepers' time entries.
• Handles monthly client billing. Review billing pre-bills for accuracy and completeness. Performs client, matter and timekeeper inquiries, and narrative edits.
• Opens new matters and generates client conflict checks. Sets up and maintains timekeeper's work files, including daily and regular filing.
• Greeting all visitors/clients coming to the office.
• Serve as office manager for Clearwater location.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 3 years experience as a legal assistant supporting multiple attorneys.
• Prior experience in litigation and/or real estate practice areas.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint and other software.
• Experience with a document management system and time entry system preferred.
• Excellent grammar, spelling, punctuation, and communication skills (both written and verbal).
• Attention to detail and good organizational and analytical skills.
• Flexible attitude and the ability to deal well with changing assignments and priorities.