Administrative Legal Assistant
Description
This is an exciting opportunity to work for one of the top law firms in the U.S.! Davis Wright Tremaine LLP is looking for an Administrative Legal Assistant to join our team in our Washington D.C. office.
We offer a hybrid work engagement with one day of remote work, and four days in-office.
This is an entry-level position which is designed to provide assistance to executive legal assistants/secretaries and other administrative staff on a task basis. Completion of all provided training programs is mandatory.
At Davis Wright Tremaine, you will find challenging assignments, opportunities for professional growth and community involvement, and a culture of inclusion. DWT fosters inclusiveness and authenticity. Regardless of position, everyone here has a voice and the support is unparalleled.
On a typical day you will:
- Provide occasional administrative support to incoming associates and summer associates
- Provide daily coverage for the Receptionist during lunch breaks
- Assist and serve as backup support for executive legal assistants and other administrative staff with assigned tasks which may include administrative tasks, entering attorney time, preparing binders, organizing files, and other projects as assigned
- Attend training classes
- Open new client and new matter files
- Check in regularly with secretary, paralegal and/or attorney to ensure all aspects of any project are under control. Prompt as needed. Exercise careful judgment about when to ask for guidance
- Cover absences as needed, directly supporting attorneys with various tasks, including, but not limited to:
- Occasionally open and route mail, attaching appropriate files and documents
- Moderate interaction with clients; act as intermediary with clients and responds to client requests
- Regularly type, proofread, run comparisons, and edit correspondence, memoranda, agreements and other legal and business documents from notes, templates, drafts, or dictated text under time sensitive deadlines
- Communicate clearly with all appropriate team members on project status
- Occasionally assist with editing and finalizing legal briefs, prepare and mark all exhibits, set up Data Room, upload documents, send out service emails and corresponding Data Room links
- Occasionally file pleadings with the court
- Maintain attorney and client records; maintain email and NetDocs electronic records
- Schedule and coordinate appointments, meetings and conference calls and maintain calendars
- Answer, screen, and respond to phone calls
- Maintain regular and consistent attendance and punctuality. Adhere to schedule by being timely on breaks, lunches and meetings
Join us if you have:
- 1+ year experience in a professional office setting
- Successful completion of any training classes assigned to date
- Self-starter with a high degree of attention to detail
- Ability to accurately type 50+ wpm
- General knowledge and proficiency with Microsoft Office products
- Ability and willingness to learn new programs and program updates
- Ability to express self effectively, both orally and in writing
- Demonstrate a growth mindset; participate in innovation initiatives
- Strong time management skills
- Excellent grammar and proofreading skills
- A highly professional demeanor and appearance – adhere to dress code
- Ability to work in a team-oriented, service focused environment and to handle stressful situations in calm, composed manner
- Ability to prioritize tasks and to complete projects with minimal supervision
- Ability to follow client confidentiality guidelines
Who We Are
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP is an AmLaw 100 law firm with 9 offices nationwide. We are relentlessly committed to client service and look for candidates who share that commitment. At DWT, client service means having empathy for each client’s and each lawyer’s work and personal pressures, business objectives, and legal needs; anticipating their needs; and having the capabilities and commitment to deliver what matters most to them.
What’s in it For You?
DWT offers competitive compensation in addition to ample benefits including but not limited to:
- Choice of health and vision insurance plans
- 2 paid volunteer days for qualifying community service work
- Dental plan
- Fertility and adoption benefit
- Paid sabbatical after 13 years of service
- Tuition reimbursement
- Commuter benefits
- Retirement contribution
This job description intends to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position. It is not intended to include all duties and responsibilities.
District of Columbia
The annualized salary range for this position in Washington D.C. is $60,000 to $67,000 ($30.77 to $34.36 hourly). Actual pay will be adjusted based on experience and other job-related factors permitted by law. Full time employees may be eligible for a bonus, health insurance with an optional HSA, short term disability, long term disability, dental insurance, vision care, telemedicine and virtual short term solution based counseling services, life insurance, Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, subsidized backup care and caregiving resources, 401(k), vacation, sick time, and an employee assistance program. Additional voluntary programs include: voluntary accident insurance, voluntary life, voluntary disability, voluntary long term care, and pet insurance. Commuter and Transit programs are also available.
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP fosters a culture where all talented individuals—including those who are traditionally underrepresented in the legal profession—can have, and can see, paths to success. Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion sits on four pillars: Community, Growth, Education, and Engagement. Learn more about the firm’s commitment to DEI here:www.dwt.com/dei.
Davis Wright Tremaine provides reasonable accommodations for those who need them to complete the application or recruiting process and for employees who need reasonable accommodations to perform the essential functions of their positions due to a disability or for religious reasons. If you need to request accommodation during the application or recruiting process, please email [email protected].
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