Legal Administrative Assistant
Company Name:
Northwestern Mutual
BASIC FUNCTION: Provides legal administrative support and paraprofessional support to a group of attorneys. Participates as an active member of the administrative support team by attending meetings, sharing ideas on efficiency, and providing back-up assistance when necessary. Handles paraprofessional assignments in direct assistance to assigned principals. Performs all duties necessary to expeditiously process administrative and paraprofessional assignments within time frames.
Qualifications: Candidates must successfully complete and pass the typing test (minimum 35 wpm) as required. Requires utilization of advanced desktop applications including calendaring, electronic mail, Lotus Notes applications, FileSite and all advanced functions of Microsoft Word. Creatively utilizes advanced functions as organizational and informational tools to automate Department support functions where feasible. Requires extensive legal secretarial experience as well as awareness of principals' activities and use of good judgment and initiative to enable smooth functioning of the office and expeditious handling of legal matters for the Company. Mandates the ability to work with limited guidance and instruction, allowing principals to rely on efficient performance and timely completion of delegated tasks. Provides paraprofessional assistance in an effort to help the principals become highly efficient and focus on more complex legal matters. Requires extensive job knowledge of principals' legal focus and case matters. Strong writing and business communication skills to compose correspondence, draft documents, and communicate with clients. Demands strong analytical skill to review and interpret complex data and information in a variety of forms in order to handle special projects, e.g. report presentation, coordination of discovery responses and transaction closings, and special communications with parties external to Law.
EEO/AA Employer/Vets/Disability
License / Certifications: None
Location: Downtown - Milwaukee, WI
Expertise: LEG - Legal/Compliance, ADM - Administrative
JobType: Regular Full TimeEstimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
Northwestern Mutual
BASIC FUNCTION: Provides legal administrative support and paraprofessional support to a group of attorneys. Participates as an active member of the administrative support team by attending meetings, sharing ideas on efficiency, and providing back-up assistance when necessary. Handles paraprofessional assignments in direct assistance to assigned principals. Performs all duties necessary to expeditiously process administrative and paraprofessional assignments within time frames.
Qualifications: Candidates must successfully complete and pass the typing test (minimum 35 wpm) as required. Requires utilization of advanced desktop applications including calendaring, electronic mail, Lotus Notes applications, FileSite and all advanced functions of Microsoft Word. Creatively utilizes advanced functions as organizational and informational tools to automate Department support functions where feasible. Requires extensive legal secretarial experience as well as awareness of principals' activities and use of good judgment and initiative to enable smooth functioning of the office and expeditious handling of legal matters for the Company. Mandates the ability to work with limited guidance and instruction, allowing principals to rely on efficient performance and timely completion of delegated tasks. Provides paraprofessional assistance in an effort to help the principals become highly efficient and focus on more complex legal matters. Requires extensive job knowledge of principals' legal focus and case matters. Strong writing and business communication skills to compose correspondence, draft documents, and communicate with clients. Demands strong analytical skill to review and interpret complex data and information in a variety of forms in order to handle special projects, e.g. report presentation, coordination of discovery responses and transaction closings, and special communications with parties external to Law.
EEO/AA Employer/Vets/Disability
License / Certifications: None
Location: Downtown - Milwaukee, WI
Expertise: LEG - Legal/Compliance, ADM - Administrative
JobType: Regular Full TimeEstimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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