Litigation Legal Assistant

If you are an experience litigation legal assistant seeking to join a great firm in Houston, TX with a great culture and team offering COMPETITIVE pay and benefits, apply here Duties, including but not limited to: Supporting attorneys with trial preparation including pleadings notebooks, indexes, and exhibits Filing in State and Federal Courts Drafting, proofreading, editing and formatting legal documents and correspondence such as shell pleading and discovery documents Maintain control files of matters in progress and follows up to ensure that court ordered actions are competed Periodically request pre-bills and statements for billing purposes and prepare statements for signatures and send out Calendaring deadlines, schedules and attorney travel Prepare and send faxes, documents, mail, certified mail, overnight mail, FedEx packages and interoffice mail Mastering of assigned tasks such as correspondence, spreadsheets, minutes, reports, and other documents Qualifications 5 years of litigation experience at a law firm Defense and/or appellate experience preferred Experience with Microsoft Office products Experience working with various practice and case management databases and timekeeping and billing systems Excellent communication and organizational skills