Messner Reeves LLP, a full-service, business law firm with 10 offices nationwide, seeks an experienced Litigation Legal Assistant to join our team in Orange County, California.
We are looking for a long-term addition to our team who has a great work ethic and positive attitude.
Job duties include but are not limited to:
- Coordinate heavy scheduling and calendaring for attorney meetings, court deadlines, and depositions.
- Provide support by drafting correspondence, memoranda and other legal documents.
- Prepare files and/or binders for hearings, depositions, meetings, and trials.
- Assist with client engagement and retention, including preparation of engagement letters, conflict checks, conflict waivers, and submitting information to open matters.
- Ability to think and act independently and with minimal supervision.
- Articulate, organized and a team player with excellent verbal and communication skills.
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines.
- Experience handling multiple attorneys with full caseloads.
- Well versed in both federal and state court procedure and filing requirements, including e-filing in federal court.
- Organized, reliable, and attentive to detail.
We offer a great working environment, competitive compensation, and full benefits.
Skills Required
- Experience handling multiple attorneys with full caseloads.
- Well versed in both federal and state court procedure and filing requirements.
- Experience with e-filing in federal court.
- Coordinate heavy scheduling and calendaring for attorneys, court deadlines, and depositions.
- Draft correspondence, memoranda and other legal documents.
- Prepare files and binders for hearings, depositions, meetings, and trials.
- Assist with client engagement and retention tasks (engagement letters, conflict checks, opening matters).
- Ability to work independently, be highly organized, and meet deadlines with strong attention to detail.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and team collaboration.
What We Do
Messner Reeves LLP is a national, full-service business law firm providing legal services to a diverse group of clients, ranging from individual entrepreneurs to Fortune 500 companies. The firm specializes in corporate transactions, litigation, real estate, labor and employment, and intellectual property, delivering creative and comprehensive legal strategies to help clients maximize their business potential.
