Legal Administrative Assistant

Ballard Spahr is a nationally recognized law firm with more than 750 lawyers across 19 offices in the United States. A career at Ballard Spahr means joining a team of talented mentors, colleagues, and friends, supported by strong leadership that actively encourages professional growth.

Ballard Spahr LLP has an excellent opportunity for a legal administrative assistant with demonstrated litigation, technical, and administrative skills to work in our Washington, D.C. office. The selected individual will work within a team of LAAs to support the progression of cases to final disposition by creating electronic files, preparing and processing correspondence, memoranda, and complex legal documents, and performing other administrative functions. This hybrid position offers a work schedule of 3 days a week in the office.

As a Legal Administrative Assistant within our Litigation department, your responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Maintaining schedules and calendars, making travel arrangements, and updating contacts.

• Working closely with attorneys and billing specialists on complex billing matters.

• New client intake and file maintenance utilizing the firm's electronic records management system.

• Preparing documents for state and federal court filings, including discovery requests and responses, letters, pleadings, motions, and documents, as well as e-filing in various state and federal courts, both trial and appellate.

• Billing, travel coordination, and expense reimbursement.

This position requires a minimum of 3-5 years of litigation experience and a high degree of proficiency with Microsoft Office 2016, including Word, Excel, and Outlook. Experience with e-filing, document management, and time and billing systems is preferred. Familiarity with the State and Federal court systems is required.

The salary range for this position is from $95,000 to $100,000, which reflects the firm’s good faith and reasonable estimate of possible compensation at the time of posting. Actual pay will depend on several factors such as the candidate’s experience and qualifications.

Ballard Spahr offers an excellent benefits package. A summary of available benefits can be found here in the Careers section of the firm’s website.

If you are ready to play a vital role in the firm’s success, we encourage you to apply and be a part of our commitment to excellence.

At Ballard Spahr, we believe that our skills, perspectives, and backgrounds drive innovation and excellence, while our unique culture fosters collaboration and success. Our culture of thriving together forms the cornerstone of how we deliver exceptional service and position our firm for a strong future. We welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply.

Ballard Spahr is an equal opportunity employer. We offer equal consideration to all qualified applicants, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, age, national origin, handicap or disability, citizenship, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, transgender status, sex stereotyping, genetic information, ancestry, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.

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