Job Title: Legal Assistant

Patterson Real Bird and Wilson, LLP is located in beautiful Boulder County, Colorado. Nestled near trails, parks and lakes, our Colorado office is in Louisville, Colorado. We are a fast-paced law firm with offices in Colorado, Washington D.C., North Dakota and Wisconsin serving American Indian tribes, tribal entities and individual tribal members across the United States.

We are looking for a Legal Assistant to join our amazing team of legal professionals. The ideal candidate should have at least 4 years of paralegal experience who can multi-task and is willing to learn and work together as a team in order to best serve our clients. Strong organizational skills, time management, and attention to detail are a must for a candidate to be successful in this role.

Overall Responsibility:

Support and assist our DC attorneys from our CO office and support and assist other team members as needed, including work on complex litigation and appeals.

Responsibilities include:

Legal assistant work on complex litigation cases in tribal, federal, and state trial and appellate courts.

Completing and filing quarterly lobbying reports.

Ability to work under tight deadlines and prioritize responsibilities.

Excellent proofreading skills.

Skilled in legal writing with ability to independently prepare initial drafts of discovery requests and responses, declarations, various motions, and other commonly used documents and pleadings.

Compile and organize digital files, mediation binders, and trial notebooks and exhibits.

Review court rules in numerous courts to determine filing deadlines and court-specific formatting and filing requirements.

File and serve pleadings, motions, and other documents with tribal, federal and state trial and appellate courts.

Management of calendar and litigation deadlines in accordance with various jurisdictional Rules.

Document management and coordination of documents for production as well as document review, redaction, organization, and summarization for purposes of discovery and depositions.

Communicate with courts, clients, witnesses, experts, and/or opposing counsel as needed.

Make travel arrangements and meeting plans.

Expense reimbursements.

Maintain attorney calendars, schedules and billing entries.

Perform a number of other similar or related duties which may not be specifically included within this position description, but which are consistent with the general level of the responsibilities described.

Qualifications include:

4+ years paralegal/legal assistant experience in a law firm.

Bachelor’s Degree, Paralegal Certification or relevant work experience.

Attention to details.

Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills; ability and willingness to interact and communicate effectively with a variety of personalities.

Analytical and problem-solving skills.

Strong planning and organizational skills.

Ability to multitask and prioritize with minimal oversight.

Flexible, good judgment, discretion, and a strong work ethic.

Team player.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe, NetDocuments - Clio software experience is a plus.

We offer competitive compensation commensurate with experience with generous benefits including health insurance, dental, vision, 401k contributions, and a comfortable work environment.

Work Location:

In-Person

Work Hours:

8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. MT, M-F

Application Materials Required: Cover Letter, Resume/CV

Posting Date: February 13, 2025

Un-posting Date: Ongoing

Posting Contact Name: Stephanie Kroner, Firm Administrator

Posting Contact Email: skroner@nativelawgroup.com