Our client, a prestigious firm, seeks an experienced Legal Assistant to join their successful Commercial Real Estate/Land Use team in their Tampa, FL office. The role comes with a great salary package with additional perks such as paid health care, gym reimbursement, and parking. The culture is compassionate, and the atmosphere is top-notch.

Essential Duties:

• Manage the day-to-day schedules of the attorneys.

• Assist attorneys with preparation of legal documents. Create, edit, and proofread work product to ensure accuracy.

• Maintain multiple attorneys’ calendars – deadlines, appointments and meetings.

• Processing reimbursements, expense reports and check requests.

• Inputs, reviews, edits, and closes timekeepers' time entries.

• Handles monthly client billing. Reviews billing pre-bills for accuracy and completeness. Performs client, matter and timekeeper inquiries, and narrative edits.

• Opens new matters and generate client conflict checks. Sets up and maintains timekeeper's work files, including daily and regular filing.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience as a legal assistant supporting multiple attorneys.

• Prior experience in litigation and/or real estate practice areas.

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.

• Experience with a document management system and time entry system preferred.

• Excellent grammar, spelling, punctuation, and communication skills (both written and verbal).

• Attention to detail and good organizational and analytical skills.

• Flexible attitude and the ability to deal well with changing assignments and priorities.