Litigation Legal Assistant

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🌐 Brazil, South Africa – Remote

🇧🇷 Brazil – Remote 🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote

💵 $1.1k - $1.2k / month

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

⚖️ Legal Assistant

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Job Duck

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

201 - 500 employees

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

⚖️ Legal

Consulting • Marketing • Legal

Job Duck is a company specializing in connecting individuals with remote job opportunities for United States-based businesses. The company offers a variety of positions including legal assistants, marketing assistants, executive assistants, and case managers. Job Duck emphasizes helping people build careers by working from home, ensuring a good work-life balance while providing support and resources for career development. The focus is on remote, full-time positions that are well-compensated and offer a range of professional opportunities.

📋 Description

• Provide general administrative and legal support wherever the production team needs assistance • Flag potential issues, missing information, and approaching deadlines early • Organize electronic client files, case records, legal correspondence, and supporting documentation • Track and record billable time accurately and consistently • Assist with new client onboarding and maintain accurate client and case records • Communicate professionally with clients regarding case status, document requests, onboarding, and next steps • Track court and matter deadlines to help prevent missed filings or last-minute time pressures • Assist with call coverage, including answering, screening, and routing calls • Take ownership of assigned work and move litigation matters forward • Communicate proactively with attorneys and team members regarding deadlines, case developments, pending tasks, and potential issues • Draft, proofread, format, and prepare pleadings, correspondence, and other litigation documents • Handle electronic filing and service of pleadings and other legal documents • Manage attorney calendars and keep appointments, legal deadlines, and case-related commitments current • Follow established firm procedures while maintaining accuracy, confidentiality, professional communication, and timely task completion

🎯 Requirements

• Full time, remote position • Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CST • English fluency required • Strong prior legal assistant experience with civil litigation is required • Hands on experience drafting and preparing pleadings is required • Experience managing legal filings and deadlines is required • Experience accurately tracking and recording billable time is required • Strong written and verbal client communication skills are required • Typing fluency and strong document preparation skills are required • Must be comfortable taking initiative, asking questions, and moving matters forward • Must be comfortable receiving clear and direct professional feedback • Must be able to appropriately handle confidential client and case information • Smokeball CRM experience is preferred but not required • Software and tools: Smokeball CRM and VXT • Approximately 2 to 3 phone calls per day

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote work environment • Great Place to Work Certification environment • Recruiter guidance through the application process