Bilingual Legal Assistant

Full-time
On-site
$29-35/hr
Los Angeles, CA

Benefits

Health Insurance
Paid Time Off (PTO)

Job description

DO NOT APPLY IF YOU HAVE NOT WORKED IN A LAW OFFICE FOR AT LEAST 2 YEARS.

Busy Los Angeles Labor & Employment law firm is currently seeking a Spanish speaking Legal Assistant for immediate hire. This is a full time in person position. (This is not a remote or hyrid role) You will be joining a law firm with a friendly office environment and plenty of opportunities for growth. You will communicate with clients and prospective clients, so personal and professional discretion are a must. The ideal candidate must be able to organize work; proofread, think critically, and manage their time well; maintain meticulous attention to detail; maintain confidentiality; prioritize and multi-task; communicate clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing; establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work; and work both collaboratively and independently and in a team environment. The right candidate must have a minimum of 2 years experience in a law firm setting, and possess a bachelor’s degree and/or paralegal training/certificate. Experience with employment law is preferred, but not required.

Job Duties Include:

  • Assist in preparing a variety of litigation documents, such as pleadings, motions, briefs, and other related documents

  • Assist in filing legal documents with state, federal, and appellate courts, and serve documents on all parties

  • Assist in initiating arbitration demands and serve documents

  • Assist in preparing and serving discovery related documents

  • Maintain docket, calendars, and response dates for assigned attorneys.

  • Schedule and coordinate court hearings, appearances, depositions, mediations, and other legal proceedings with court reporters, witnesses, outside counsel, opposing counsel and other parties.

Required Knowledge of: Microsoft Suite, Dropbox, Docusign, and time and billing software. Basic legal terminology, forms, formats, procedures, documents, and office operations and practices; the court system and court rules; litigation procedures; proper format of legal citations; principles of indexing and maintaining legal case and administrative files; English usage, spelling, grammar, and punctuation and business letter writing; and current office procedures.

Salary will commensurate between $29 - $35 per hour BOE. We offer a Competitive Compensation Package including Health, Dental and Vision Insurance, paid holidays, vacation and sick days, and year end discretionary bonuses.

More information

Minimum education level

Bachelor's

Experience level

Mid-level (3-4 years)

Job skills

Bilingual Communication

Legal Document Preparation

Client Interaction

Case Management

Legal Research

Filing Procedures

Office Software Proficiency

Company overview

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Melmed Law Group

Law Practice·11-50 employees

Melmed Law Group P.C is a California labor & employment firm representing individuals in their labor & employment matters with an emphasis on class action litigation. Our firm acts as the first and second chair of dozens of active individual and class action matters throughout California's state and federal courts. We're proud of our results, and invite you to check them out. We represent employees who are victims of wage theft, harassment, discrimination, non-reimbursement of business expenses.