Job Details
LHH is seeking a Legal Document Specialist to join the Attorney Resource team of a leading Labor & Employment firm based in Kansas City, MO. Reporting to the Attorney Resource Manager, the Legal Document Specialist will be responsible for creating, formatting, editing, and finalizing legal documents including but not limited to TOCs, TOAs, & APCs.
This position will be resident in Kansas City, MO and offers a fully remote schedule to work from home!
Description
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- Responsible for formatting, editing, and finalizing legal documents and memoranda in compliance with federal and state judicial rules.
- Responsible for creating shell documents according to assigning attorney instructions.
- Responsible for fixing corrupted documents and following standard firm format.
- Responsible for properly editing, creating, combining or converting documents to PDF and following firm format.
- Responsible for creating and running mail merges.
- Accountable for assisting Attorney Practice Coordinators ( APCs ) with creating Tables of Contents ( TOCs ) and Tables of Authorities ( TOAs ) as needed.
- Responsible for communicating with assigning attorney in both verbal and written form regarding project instructions.
- Responsible for prioritizing multiple deadlines and communicating project status to assigning attorney.
- Accountable for evaluating workload and communicating with manager regarding project deadlines.
- Responsible for saving work product to NetDocuments using the Firm s naming conventions guidelines.
- Responsible creating, formatting and editing basic to advanced Excel documents from end-user provided data.
- Responsible for creating, formatting and editing basic to advanced interactive PowerPoint slide shows from end-user provided content.
- Perform such other/additional duties as may from time to time be assigned.
TECHNICAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES REQUIRED:
- Demonstrates expertise in NetDocuments, MS Word, Forte, Adobe, Best Authority, OneDrive.
- Demonstrates expertise drafting, revising, redlining utilizing Track Changes, and finalizing documents.
- Demonstrates expertise in Forte to create compliant legal documents and correspondence.
- Demonstrates expertise proofing legal documents for consistent formatting, spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
- Demonstrates expertise to compare documents using WorkShare.
- Demonstrates ability to create pivot tables, charts and graphs extrapolated from data.
- Basic skills required and include, but are not limited to, navigation, tables, autosum; print formats and charts.
- Demonstrates knowledge of comprehensive editing and formatting within Firm templates.
- Demonstrates knowledge and proven expertise using Best Authority to produce Tables of Contents (TOC) and Tables of Authorities (TOA).
- Demonstrates high attention to detail and critical thinking.
- Ability to accurately transcribe handwritten documents and audio recordings.
- Ability to perform mail merges in MS Word and Outlook.
- Ability to edit, create, combine and convert PDF documents using Adobe.
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS:
Required: High School Diploma
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Prefer at least five (5) years of directly related work experience in law firm environment.
BENEFITS: 3 Weeks PTO, Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K + Match and more.