Legal Assistant

Vernis & Bowling, a regional civil litigation defense firm, seeks a Legal Assistant with a minimum of 1 year of legal experience to join our Workers’ Compensation team.

Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Draft correspondence, pleadings, i.e. motions, subpoenas, notices
• Filing and tracking subpoenas to accurately maintain case files.
• Managing deadlines and coordinating to ensure subpoenas receive timely responses
• E-filling
• Dictation
• Use of Juris for entering time
• Medical records review as needed
• Document management
• Scheduling, calendaring, preparing hearing exhibits and hearing binders
• Manage deadlines timely
• Exhibit workplace professionalism, teamwork
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize and work under pressure

Critical to success is attention to detail, follow-through, accuracy, communication, and organization. The ideal candidate is someone who is looking to develop their Legal Assistant skills and who wants a long-term career fit.