Job Summary Required Qualifications and Skills
A Newport Beach law firm is seeking an experienced Bankruptcy Assistant to support attorneys in a fast-paced Bankruptcy and Restructuring practice. This direct hire opportunity is ideal for a legal professional with strong hands-on bankruptcy experience, excellent filing accuracy, and the ability to manage deadline-sensitive matters across complex cases.
The Bankruptcy Assistant will play a key role in Chapter 11 case administration, federal bankruptcy court filings, docket monitoring, calendaring, document preparation, and attorney support. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with a collaborative legal team in a professional environment that values organization, responsiveness, confidentiality, and high-quality client service.
Candidates who thrive in structured, team-oriented law firm settings with supportive leadership, strong attorney collaboration, and meaningful responsibility will be well positioned for success.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare, revise, proofread, and finalize bankruptcy petitions, motions, notices, objections, applications, declarations, proofs of claim, schedules, statements, plans, disclosure statements, and correspondence.
- Electronically file documents in federal bankruptcy courts using CM/ECF and monitor dockets, notices, and orders through PACER.
- Track bankruptcy hearings, Section 341 meetings, claims bar dates, objection deadlines, discovery deadlines, plan deadlines, and confirmation dates.
- Maintain creditor matrices, service lists, notices, certificates of service, hearing binders, confirmation binders, electronic files, and physical case files.
- Coordinate with bankruptcy courts, trustees, the U.S. Trustee's Office, claims and noticing agents, court reporters, local counsel, outside counsel, and internal legal teams.
- Provide administrative support including attorney calendaring, scheduling, travel coordination, new matter openings, conflicts, engagement letters, time entry, billing assistance, and expense review.
Compensation and Benefits
- Salary: $85,000 to $110,000 annually, depending on experience, qualifications, skills, and geographic location.
- Employment type: Direct hire, full-time.
- Location: Newport Beach, CA.
- Support bankruptcy and restructuring attorneys with Chapter 11 matters and high-volume case activity.
- Manage federal bankruptcy court filings, docket monitoring, and deadline tracking through CM/ECF and PACER.
- Prepare and maintain bankruptcy pleadings, service lists, creditor matrices, notices, certificates of service, and case administration materials.
- Coordinate hearings, meetings, filings, service, document productions, and communications with courts and bankruptcy case stakeholders.
- 3 to 5+ years of bankruptcy legal assistant experience in a law firm environment.
- Strong bankruptcy and restructuring experience required.
- Hands-on experience with CM/ECF and PACER required.
- Strong understanding of federal bankruptcy court filing procedures, deadlines, and local requirements.
- Experience calendaring bankruptcy-specific events, including Section 341 meetings, bar dates, objections, hearings, and confirmation dates.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams.
- Experience with document management, time entry, billing, or claims and noticing platforms such as iManage, Epiq, Kroll, Stretto, ProLaw, or similar systems.
- Ability to support multiple attorneys, manage competing priorities, and work independently in a deadline-driven legal environment.
- Excellent attention to detail, organization, written communication skills, professionalism, and confidentiality.
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Chapter 11 bankruptcy and restructuring experience strongly preferred.
- Associate's or bachelor's degree preferred.
- Experience working with claims and noticing agents, trustees, the U.S. Trustee's Office, creditor matrices, and service lists preferred.
- Experience preparing hearing binders, confirmation binders, discovery materials, and document productions preferred.
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