We are seeking a Legal Assistant with 2+ years' legal assistant experience to support our Business practice group in our Detroit office. All Taft employees operate under a "Client First" philosophy-in all things, we seek to provide exceptional services to our clients. This is an entry-level position.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Exhibits outstanding client service orientation in greeting guests, scheduling meetings, and coordinating telephone conferences.
• Provides skilled, proactiveadministrative support to Business attorneys and others, on occasion as needed.
• Displays strong attention to detail.
• Responds to requests with a sense of urgency and effectively prioritizes work.
• Prepares and reviews letters and memoranda according to Firm standards using word processing and document management systems.
• Proactively monitors deadlines.
• Processes requests for payment and reimbursements.
• Creates, maintains and retires files in accordance with Taft's Information Governance Policy.
• Assists in managing client contacts, emails, and print documents as well as processing mail.
• Clearly communicates in a concise, professional manner.
• Transcribes dictation as needed.

Requirements:

• 2+ years' legal assistant experience, preferably in Business Law.
• Some education beyond high schoolor other coursework related to the legal industry preferred.
• Proficiency in the following software applications strongly preferred:
  • Microsoft Office 2010: Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint
  • Kofax PDF Converter
  • DocuSign (desired)
  • DeskSite/FileSite/iManage (desired)
  • BigHand Dictation (desired)

Interested candidates may apply here.