Job Category: Legal Support Staff
Risquisition Number: LEGAL001060
Posted: March 26, 2024
Full-Time
Harrisburg, PA 17101, USAJob DetailsDescriptionPractice AssistantBuchanan Ingersoll & Rooney is a national law firm with a proven reputation for providing progressive, industry-leading legal, business, regulatory and government relations advice to our regional, national and international clients.We are currently searching for a Practice Assistant in our Harrisburg office to assist several attorneys across multiple practice groups, including data entry project work. If you are looking for rewarding career in a business-casual team environment with a well-established firm, apply today!This position must be performed on-site, five days per week.Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Data entry project work.
Create, proo and format correspondence, memoranda, agreements, transactional documents, and other legal forms under time sensitive deadlines.
Create, proo and format pleadings, discovery, and other labor and employment or litigation documents. Ability to file in federal and state courts and administrative agencies as needed per area of law.
Run conflict checks, prepare engagement letters, and open new client and new client matters within our onboarding system.
Maintain paper and electronic files through our document management system in connection with filing protocols and retention policies.
Manage busy attorney schedules through Microsoft outlook calendaring and track/monitor deadlines.
Coordinate travel arrangements through corporate travel companion, TripActions.
Prepare and submit expense reports.
Assist with billing, attorneys' time and Proforma review through 3E.
Work individually and in collaboration with other practice assistants in your support team to understand client concerns, ensure that clients are satisfied, and to build relationships of trust and reliability.
Establish a good working relationship with Document Services, our shared services group, for overflow of larger legal document projects.
Required Education/Experience:
Must have a minimum of 1-3 years of law firm administrative experience.
High school diploma or equivalent required. Bachelor's degree preferred.
Excellent oral, written and interpersonal skills.
Strong attention to detail, initiative, and follow-through.
Must have a positive-can do, team oriented attitude.
Ability to work efficiently and balance assignments/workflow from multiple busy attorneys meeting time-sensitive deadlines.
Proficient in MS Word, Outlook, Excel, and other computer and document management systems.
Why should you work at Buchanan?Our Firm offers outstanding benefits that include:
Generous Paid Time Off
Paid Holidays, including a floating holiday
WorkWell wellness program, including free use of the Calm App
Caregiving assistance with Bright Horizons (child, elder, and pet care!)
Access to our Firm-wide emergency assistance fund
Free full access to LinkedIn Learning
Insurance Medical, Dental, Vision
401K Program
Retirement Savings Program
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with DisabilitiesThe contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or a tion, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)PI238654700