Job Description

Litigation Legal Assistant 

Location: Lakewood, CO

Position Summary:
Our client is seeking a member for their litigation group that provides support to attorneys and paralegals in litigation, foreclosure, and covenant enforcement cases

Key Responsibilities:

• Review client documents, prepare demand letters, and necessary follow up; 
• Pretrial/trial prep, trial notebooks, exhibits, discovery, combining/extracting documents electronically; 
• Review documents from client and prepare liens for attorney review; 
• Download pleadings from Court and save to WD, including batch downloads; 
• PM calendar templates, at issue and pretrial; 
• Workflow/procedure for Notice of Rep. by Attorney in Small Claims Court; 
• Open new files and close files electronically; 
• E-filing pleadings with Courts and e-record documents with counties; 
• Initiate, respond, maintain communication (written/verbal) with clients; 
• Copy, scan, file and send out correspondence and documents for mailings; 
• Obtain status of public trustee foreclosures/bankruptcies and update database; 
• Maintain status report for open cases and calendar all deadlines for attorney; 
• Maintain and update task list on each file, contact managers to keep files updated; 
• Edit proformas at the direction of Attorneys and printing to adobe; 
• Other duties as assigned; and consistent and on-time attendance required.

Required Skills:

• At least 2 years of office experience plus 1 year of law firm experience preferred. 
• Strong computer skills including Outlook and Word. Experience in some type of case management and billing software is a plus. 
• Must be able to interact and communicate with individuals at all levels of the organization, including attorneys, management, and coworkers. 
• Strong communication skills are critical, including electronic communication skills, with an ability to focus on attention to detail on behalf of the team. 
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple tasks and demands. 

Benefits:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Life and AD&D insurance
• 401(k) plan with employer contribution
• Profit-sharing plan
  
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