Job Summary

A respected legal services organization in Orlando, FL is seeking an experienced Litigation Legal Assistant for a direct hire opportunity. This role is ideal for a detail-oriented legal professional with 3 to 5 years of litigation support experience who enjoys keeping cases organized, deadlines on track, and attorney workflows running smoothly.

The Litigation Legal Assistant will support attorneys with court filings, document preparation, client communications, calendaring, billing assistance, and trial preparation. This is a strong opportunity to join a stable, professional office environment with supportive leadership, experienced legal teams, and a collaborative culture where accuracy, confidentiality, and responsiveness are highly valued.

Candidates who take pride in high-quality legal support, enjoy working in a structured environment, and want to contribute to complex litigation matters will find this role both challenging and rewarding.

Key Responsibilities

- Draft, revise, format, and prepare pleadings, correspondence, and other legal documents for attorney review.
- Manage litigation case files, including opening new matters, conflict searches, scanning, filing, document naming, and maintaining paper and electronic records.
- Handle litigation calendaring for hearings, depositions, mediations, inspections, e-filed documents, mail, faxes, and key deadlines.
- Coordinate federal, state court, and agency filings, including e-filing documents with attorney approval.
- Communicate professionally with attorneys, clients, opposing counsel, adjusters, vendors, and internal team members by phone and email.
- Assist with trial preparation, deposition and mediation binders, attorney travel, expense reports, vendor invoices, pre-bills, client invoices, and coverage for other assistants as needed.

Compensation and Benefits

- Salary range: $62,000 to $75,000 per year.
- Direct hire opportunity.
- 37.5 hour work week.
- In-office role with potential to transition to hybrid after 6 months.

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