Legal Assistant – Office Manager

100% paid monthly benefit premiums and free parking

Located at the Courthouse in Arlington, VA – 5 days a week with NO opportunity for remote work

Hours: 8:30-4:30 M-F

Up to $65,000

If you are a kind, caring, people person with empathy and understanding?  Then you could be the ideal person to join this tenured team of 3 professionals.

The firm needs a detail-oriented, helpful and hardworking person who can direct workflow and pleasantly manage other staff when the attorney is out of the office.

Work for an incredible, well respected, and prominent attorney who handles the oversight of fiduciaries who qualify before the Circuit Court for Arlington County and the City of Falls Church, Virginia, including Executors and Administrators of Estates, Trustees of Testamentary Trusts, Guardians of minors, and Conservators of incapacitated adults. You will work for the lawyer and their law firm, not Arlington County.

This role combines the jobs of a legal assistant, legal secretary, and office manager.

Responsibilities:

You will process all incoming information by snail mail, email, courier, etc.

Creating new case files in Time Matters (case management system)

Scanning and documenting receipt of all incoming documents

Answering calls from the public and phones and assisting clients in person

Processing payments

Billing for filing and penalty fees

Tracking & enforcing filing dates and deficiency responses.

Preparing enforcement histories, summonses, and reports to the court

Scheduling hearings and preparing subsequent reports

Working closely with Court staff, including judges, clerks, and law clerks.

Liaison for employees who work remotely.

Office maintenance and organization, including maintaining digital files

Willingness to learn fiduciary account auditing

Ability to handle simple math

Required and Preferred Qualifications:

At least 5 years of legal assistant, paralegal, administrative, clerical, and/or secretarial experience

Prior experience in a legal environment is preferred

50 wpm typing

Knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook preferred

You must be comfortable working in a very quiet office.

The firm offers 100% employer-paid Health insurance (CareFirst) for the employee and reduced cost of family coverage and a CareFirst Blue Choice – low deductible plan, 20 days PTO/year, 401k after 6 months, 10 federal holidays, free parking and learning.