Job description
Semmes, Bowen & Semmes has an immediate opening for a Litigation Legal Administrative Assistant/Paralegal with experience in civil litigation including concentrations in products liability, construction litigation, toxic torts defense, premises liability, transportation law, insurance coverage and insurance defense.
We offer the opportunity for hybrid/remote work; however, this candidate will need to be available in the office most days of the week Monday through Friday.
Compensation: $50,000 to $80,000 annually including bonus
Semmes is a paperless office environment.
Responsibilities and Qualifications:
- Requirements include at least 2 years of solid defense litigation experience.
- Excellent communication and software skills (i.e., Word, Outlook, e-filing, etc.)
- Must possess excellent critical thinking and organizational skills.
- Typing (at least 60-70 WPM)
- Track billable time on a daily basis.
- Subpoena records, review and summarize documents, and conduct internet-based investigations.
- Interview witnesses and coordinate with expert witnesses.
- Prepare legal documents and general correspondence from dictation or written format in an accurate and timely manner; draft standard correspondence; proofread, edit, and format documents.
- Prepare paper court filings and electronic filings.
- Organize, file, and manage electronic and paper documents, exhibits, pleading bibles, trial binders and closing bibles.
- Organize and submit documents for timely entry into the firm’s docket system.
- Manage and coordinate attorney calendars, scheduling and travel plans.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary, Health, Vision, Dental, LTD, STD, Life benefits.
- Employee funded 401K.
- Employer funded pension plan.
- HSA and FSA plans.
- Annual performance reviews.
- Bonus plan.
- Free Fitness Center.
- Bike Storage.
- Convenient to Light Rail and close to the MARC Train.
A Full-Service Law Firm
Semmes, Bowen & Semmes is one of the oldest and largest full-service law firms in the State of Maryland. A diversified team of attorneys serves our clients through offices in five locations: Baltimore and Hagerstown, Maryland, McLean, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Martinsburg, West Virginia. These strategic locations enable us to accommodate our clients who live and operate their business in the greater Mid-Atlantic area and to support our widening markets.
We are an employee focused community that provides hands on training and mentoring for our new employees. Learning by doing is an effective way to get acclimated to the firm. We offer a collegiate environment that supports teamwork and collaboration. We value our culture of diversity and respect within our teams and firmwide. We work together to reach our mutual goals.
EEO/AA employer – Minority/Female/Vets/Disabled
