Legal Assistant

$37,440 - $37,440/Yr

Perdue, Brandon, Fielder, Collins & Mott, Llp - Houston, TX

Full-time - Entry Level

Houston, TX

251-500 employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

Perdue Brandon Fielder Collins and Mott LLP (PBFCM) is seeking a full-time Legal Assistant to support attorneys in their Houston office. The role involves providing litigation support, preparing and e-filing documents, maintaining communication with clients and court personnel, and managing case-related databases. The firm, established in 1970, represents over 2000 governmental entities in Texas and offers a professional yet casual work environment with a focus on ethical conduct and core values.

Responsibilities

• Provide litigation support to the department and attorneys as needed.
• Prepare and e-file litigation documents with various courts.
• Prepare various outgoing letters.
• Maintain documents within document storage software.
• Receive and make phone calls daily from and to clients, constables, court personnel, taxpayers, and others.
• Correspond daily via email with clients, constables, court personnel, taxpayers, and others.
• Maintain and update databases including e-cabinet system and firm's custom case management system.
• Follow up regularly on pending and existing cases.
• Track correspondence sent, received or requiring further action in case management system.
• Meet daily and weekly deadlines related to the many aspects of the litigation process including the collection of amounts owed on cases.
• Pick up documents and evidence from tax office and other locations.
• Perform additional clerical or administrative duties as needed or assigned.

Requirements

• At least one (1) year experience in an office setting.
• Experience working in a collection law firm (Preferred).
• Three (3) years of professional work experience (Preferred).
• Previous experience in a law office, with a general understanding of the litigation process (Preferred).
• Previous experience or working knowledge of Texas E-Filing procedures, Skip-tracing techniques and/or utilization of E-Cabinet systems (Preferred).
• Minimum of high school diploma (or equivalent) required; Bachelor's degree or in the process of obtaining a bachelor's degree is preferred.

Nice-to-haves

• Excellent critical thinking skills.
• Superior computer skills and knowledge.
• Established Customer Service skills.
• Proactive work ethic.
• Fluency in Spanish.

Benefits

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• On-the-job training
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance