Evening Legal Assistant
CM Legal
Evening Legal Assistant
The Evening Legal Assistant provides after-hours support to attorneys across the firms litigation, corporate, and wealth management practice groups, ensuring efficient case management and high-quality legal document production. Responsibilities include preparing, proofreading, and finalizing pleadings, motions, discovery responses, subpoenas, correspondence, and corporate documents; managing case files; coordinating discovery and trial preparation; preparing signature packets and executed agreements; and providing administrative support for transactional matters. The role also involves formatting complex legal documents, preparing Tables of Contents and Tables of Authorities, maintaining confidentiality, and collaborating with daytime and evening staff to ensure seamless workflow and timely completion of urgent assignments.
Qualified candidates should have 5+ years of legal assistant experience, including significant litigation support and experience assisting corporate or transactional practice areas. Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), including document formatting and redlining, is required, along with experience using document management systems such as iManage or NetDocuments. Familiarity with litigation support tools is preferred. Candidates should possess exceptional attention to detail, strong organizational and communication skills, sound judgment, and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced, deadline-driven evening environment.
Salary: $80,000$110,000 annually, plus eligibility for a discretionary performance bonus.