Legal Assistant

Legal Assistant Job Posting

Taylor Nelson Slattery Bernard PL is seeking a legal assistant to join its nationally recognized boutique transportation and logistics practice. This opening is available in the firm’s Downtown St. Petersburg, Winter Haven or Boca Raton (to come) locations. We are a small firm with a national footprint, handling complex and challenging matters that make a real business impact across the country.

Taylor Nelson Slattery Bernard PL is seeking an experienced and detail-oriented Legal Assistant to support our nationally recognized boutique transportation and logistics practice. We are looking for an individual who enjoys problem solving and desires a challenging environment The ideal candidate is a proactive problem-solver who thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and takes pride in delivering high-quality work that directly impacts our clients’ businesses.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

General Attorney and Paralegal Support   

• Assist multiple attorneys with litigated, non-litigated, corporate and administrative proceeding matters throughout the State of Florida and elsewhere
• Transcribe papers and pleadings
• Schedule and coordinate in-person and telephone meetings-including court hearings, depositions and mediations
• Create professional documents with consistent formatting, through use of Microsoft and Adobe programs
• Help manage attorney workload through tracking of assigned matters and deadlines
• Proactively communicate and offer support as needed
• Take on special projects as requested by attorneys, including projects relating to both legal practice and firm development
• Assist with timekeeping and expense submissions
• Manage attorney travel, including all logistics, reservations, information, and coordination
• Create tasks and calendar notifications, with reminders, for appointments and court deadlines
• Monitor attorney CLEs
• Manage attorney calendars
• Manage and organize electronic and paper files
• Manage incoming and outgoing mail
• Administrative office support to Chief Administrative Officer
• Other tasks as needed

Skills

• Knowledge and willingness to learn court procedures and filing rules
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
  • Redline, OCR, Formatting, Editing
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines with minimal supervision
• Strong organizational and task management skills
• Ability to contribute to a supportive, team-oriented work environment

Experience and Qualifications

• Three to Six+ years’ experience as a legal assistant
• Proven ability to maintain strict confidentiality and discretion with sensitive client and case information
• Experience supporting multiple attorneys and managing competing demands effectively
• Experience providing administrative support to firm leadership or executive-level attorneys is a plus

Preferred Experience

• Florida experience and prior work in a law firm
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
• Notary Public License (or willingness to obtain)
• Fluent in Spanish a plus

Pay
$50,000-$60,000

Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Life Insurance
- 401K Benefits
- Paid Time Off and Holidays

WHO WE ARE

Teamwork, Building Your Profession, and Momentum
Do you want to be part of something that helps shape an industry, stretches your skill set, and gives you an opportunity to serve a growing industry while investing in your career? Are you ready to be a significant and valued contributor at one of the leading voices in a complex and tight-knit field of legal practice? Taylor Nelson Slattery Bernard PL offers a collegial and dynamic working environment.

We live by and constantly build up our core values:

• Build Relationships: Investing in the long term with genuine support for clients and colleagues with pride in solutions.
• Strive for Excellence: Innovative, creative, and entrepreneurial within a continuum of excellence.
• Industry Leadership: Renown for leadership knowledge, quality, work ethic, and meaningful contributions to the communities in which we live and work.
• Take Responsibility & Provide Solutions: Embrace reasoned risk and pro-actively communicate reliable solutions.
• Accountable Flexibility: Honesty, mutual respect, integrity, teamwork, and ethical behavior in all our actions.
  
  

To learn more about us, check out our website at www.taylorlawpl.com.

Taylor Nelson Slattery Bernard PL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Taylor Nelson Slattery Bernard PL was awarded the 2019 Top Company for Women to Work in Transportation by the Women in Trucking Association and 2018 Best Places to Work Award, Small Business Category, by Careersource Polk. We pride ourselves in first class legal work, professional development, and supportive culture in a boutique practice.