Robert Half
Description A national law firm with 30 offices nationwide and over 700 attorneys, is seeking a Litigation Assistant for their Commercial Litigation Group. This role will be supporting two partners and two associates. This is a congenial office that gets together and collaborates! Duties:
- Electronically filing pleadings with state and federal courts
- Calendaring litigation deadlines and scheduling depositions
- Formatting briefs, motions, discovery shells, etc. per CA civil codes + procedures
- Handling attorney expense reports and time entry
- The more years of litigation experience, the better. The commercial litigation group is extremely busy.
- Knowledge of eFiling in state (and ideally federal) courts.
- Ability to commute to downtown San Diego daily.
- Robert Half has placed two other litigation assistants in this office!
- I cannot say enough about the office managing partner and his team. They are casual, approachable, and easy to work with. The partners feel that the most junior person is equally important as the most senior level person. Everyone is an important to the puzzle. They place so much value on everyone. They care about their peoples' lives: "let's do whatever we can to support this person." - ex-firm administrator
- Once a month, they take the team out to lunch or dinner. They are big on team building activities!
- Monthly wellness and team building activities (March Madness party, volunteer events, succulent planting party)
- Minimum of 3 solid years of experience in litigation support, preferably in commercial litigation (please do not apply with family, immigration, criminal, or workers' compensation law experience)
- Proficiency in eFiling with state courts, with federal court experience being a strong advantage.
- Solid knowledge of legal software tools, including Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe, and electronic document management systems like iManage or FileSite.
- Ability to adapt to occasional overtime demands and maintain professionalism under pressure.
- Knowledge of calendaring litigation deadlines for discovery, motions, etc.
- Ability to commute to downtown San Diego daily.