Arbitration Assistant Jobs in Utah (NOW HIRING)

Description

Hall & Evans is seeking a candidate with legal assistant or paralegal experience, preferably 5+ years, to support its complex civil litigation practice in our Salt Lake City office. This position can require billable hours.  

This position can offer a hybrid working schedule (3 days/office and 2 days/home) after successfully completing the training period. 

Requirements

• Legal Assistant or Paralegal experience, 5+ years preferred;
• Assemble and file documents electronically;
• Prepare motion and discovery shells, motion filing;
• Expert coordination for depositions and trials;
• Assist with preparation of trial/mediation/arbitration documents;
• Interface professionally with clients, opposing counsel, and court clerks;
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills;
• Excellent technology skills;
• Process payment requests and coordinate the client billing process;
• Maintain client files and contact information;
• Schedule meetings, conference calls, depositions, court hearings, and travel arrangements;
• Outlook/LSS calendaring and iManage document management program experience is highly preferred;
• Well-developed skills in editing, proofreading, and grammar;
• Ability to anticipate problems, find solutions, and prioritize work accordingly;
• Well-developed time management and organizational skills;
• Effectively manage a high-volume workload with critical deadlines;
• Ability to exercise a high degree of personal integrity, confidentiality, tact, discretion, and judgment;
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, and Excel);
• Knowledge of manipulation and editing of PDF documents using Adobe Acrobat;
• Ability to work overtime as necessary;
• Other administrative tasks, as assigned; and
• Complex defense litigation experience is highly preferred.

Education

• Minimum of high school graduation required;
• Business school, related professional legal secretarial degree, or paralegal certificate strongly preferred.

Are we the right fit for you? We are a firm that offers:

• Financial stability;
• Great benefits, many that are 100% paid by the Firm;
• A professional work environment, yet has a business casual dress code;
• A culture that is respectful and collegial;
• Onsite training to promote a continuous learning environment;
• Current technology and our own in-house IT professionals!

Hall & Evans, LLC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.