Experienced Litigation Legal Administrative Assistant

Shulman Rogers is a full-service, 100+ attorney law firm with its principal office located in Potomac, Maryland and with branch offices in Tysons Corner and Alexandria, Virginia. The firm supports regional and local clients and works collaboratively, across practice groups, to respond to all of their legal needs.

Shulman Rogers seeks a Commercial Litigation Administrative Assistant (this is not a paralegal position) to join its Commercial Litigation Department in the Firm's Potomac office.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:=

• Provide comprehensive administrative support to attorneys specializing in complex commercial litigation.
• Type and proofread legal documents, including all types of pleadings and correspondence.
• Manage and organize case files, ensuring all relevant documents, including discovery, are properly filed and easily accessible.
• Coordinate with clients, court personnel, and other parties involved in litigation.
• Maintenance of digital and physical files.
• Handle electronic filing (e-filing) and service of court documents in both state and federal courts in Maryland, DC and Virginia
• Schedule and coordinate meetings, depositions, hearings, and other appointments.
• Maintain attorney calendars, deadlines, litigation dates and reminders.
• Setting up and maintaining digital and physical pleading binders.
• Generally assist attorneys as needed with secretarial and administrative support

• 5+ years of assistant/secretarial or administrative support experience in a commercial litigation department/practice.
• A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of legal procedures, terminology, and court rules related to litigation.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including comfort and skill in speaking with clients.
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.
• E-filing of pleadings in both state and federal courts in Maryland, DC and Virginia
• Proficient in technology, Microsoft Office (and in particular expertise in Microsoft Word) and document management software (experience in i-Manage beneficial), and able to effectively use other litigation software.
• Typing proficiency
• Ability to work full time in the office. This is not a remote position.
• Client-focused, detail-oriented, and service-oriented approach
• Problem-solving and critical-thinking skills
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and demands
• Ability to work in fast paced litigation environment