GableGotwals is a full-service law firm with 100+ attorneys and more than 70 other professionals in Oklahoma and Texas. We represent a diversified client base across the nation, and our connections and reach are global. Fortune 500 corporations, privately owned companies, entrepreneurs, foundations, and individuals entrust us every day with the stewardship and strategic management of their legal challenges. We are well known for our high-quality legal services provided by an experienced group of litigators and transactional attorneys. GableGotwals is named by The Oklahoman as a Top Workplace in Oklahoma. The Firm is recognized as a Top Inclusive Workplace by MOSAIC and a VETS Indexes Recognized Employer. The Firm has been named to VAULT’s Top 150 under 150 list for eight consecutive years. We provide a highly engaged, collaborative, team-based approach to doing life at work while we serve our clients with excellence not only throughout Oklahoma and Texas, but across the U.S.
Mission & Values Of The Firm
Mission: To deliver exceptional legal services using our diverse skills and experience and to enrich our team and community.
Values
Excellence – Provide the highest level of service to internal and external clients.
Integrity – Uphold the highest ethical standards.
Collaboration – Work together with collective skills experience, and efforts for optimal results.
Support – Maintain a positive, respectful environment that embraces diverse perspectives and needs among clients, team members, and community.
Benefits
Eligible for health insurance on day one
Free Teladoc appointments with the Healthiest You app
Group Term Life Insurance & Long-Term Disability Insurance
Supplemental Life, Vision, AFLAC and Pet Insurance
Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
401(k) and Profit-Sharing Plan
PTO, Sick Leave and Floating Holiday
Parental Leave
Lacation Room(s) in each office location
Most positions are eligible for twenty-six remote days per year
Position Summary:
Come Here, Grow Here, Stay Here! Join the GableGotwals team and become a part of a great culture in our OKC office as a Litigation Legal Assistant. The Litigation Legal Assistant will work under the direction of the attorneys and/or paralegals to whom they are assigned and provide a wide range of practice-specific support. This includes the preparation and processing of correspondence and memoranda as well as complex legal documents such as pleadings, summonses, complaints, motions, and subpoenas. Responsibilities include but are not limited to drafting, formatting, and filing legal documents, data entry, docket management, client communication, calendar maintenance, performing basic research, and maintenance of client files throughout the life cycle of the matter. Although this position supports a primary group of assigned attorneys and/or paralegals, this individual must work with others in a collaborative environment so that adequate back-up and overflow support is provided when the need arises.
Essential Job Functions
Support and cultivate an elevated level of client service standards
Prepare and process correspondence and memoranda as well as complex legal documents, draft routine cover letters and documents
Proofread documents and check for proper formatting, spelling, and grammar; complete revisions, prepare redline documents as directed, and submit for e-filing when appropriate
Perform various clerical duties such as receive, screen and respond to callers; review, scan and route incoming mail; prepare outgoing mail; arrange for specialized overnight mail or messenger service; coordinate activities with courthouse runner; maintain and update contacts and addresses; scan and photocopy materials; create pleading binders or electronic copy of pleadings in NetDocuments and the Firm’s Daily Intake, and keep current with attorney’s deadlines and caseloads.
Maintain electronic client and firm administrative files according to the Firm’s digital file management guidelines, as well as paper files, as necessary, and other records
Manage attorney calendars, including scheduling appointments and other tasks related to calendar/docket due dates; schedule and coordinate internal/external meetings, conferences, depositions, including all organization and coordination, as well as travel arrangements; actively communicate changes or reminders to direct reports, as needed
Provide trial support duties such as preparing exhibits, bates labeling, redacting, making trial binders, scheduling expert witnesses, preparing charts, graphs and other courtroom visuals or demonstrative exhibits
Interact with various courts, clients, vendors, lawyers, and staff and maintain positive relations with each
Aid the billing department and billing attorneys with firm related billing tasks, process expense reports and check requests
Apply practice-related knowledge and skills to complete projects and tasks; effectively find, promote, and apply technologies or delegate to firm resources to maximize efficiency in conducting assignments
Qualifications
Education and Qualifications:
Minimum of two (2) years of relevant work experience
Associate degree in legal studies or related field preferred
Notary preferred
Ability to type accurately at a minimum speed of sixty-five words per minute
Knowledge of local, out-of-state, and federal court litigation documentation, deadlines and filing procedures (both e-filing or paper requirements)
Required Skills:
Maintain a positive, can-do attitude, while working in a fast-paced working environment
Clear and effective communication and strong people skills; strong grammar, spelling, and punctuation
Able to work independently or as a team in a collaborative environment
Strong diligence with great emphasis on accuracy and quality
Prioritize tasks and provide support and response to requests on time
Advance knowledge of MS Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat
Demonstrate capability of researching local court rules to ensure proper methods of e-filing
Able to quickly learn e-filing in out-of-state district courts and federal district court systems
Knowledge of legal procedures, legal terminology, and e-discovery databases such as Relativity
Strong document formatting experience
Demonstrate a solid technical aptitude in the Firm’s software (e.g., NetDocuments, Daily Intake and Elite)
Ability to work with a multitude of software/web-based applications
Operate standard office equipment such as telephones, conferencing equipment, photocopiers, scanners, postage machines, etc.
Flexible to meet the unique needs of each individual attorney to support their practice and/or to support the specific needs of a case
Use proper judgement and discretion when dealing with sensitive, confidential information.
Ability to manage stressful situations in a professional and courteous manner
Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to read from hard-copy paper and computer screen, sit, talk, hear, use wrist, hands, and fingers repetitively to type, write, operate computer and other office equipment/machinery, handle and grasp paper and other office objects. Additionally, the person in this position will remain in a stationary sitting position 90% of the time working on a computer; occasionally moving about our office to visit and meet with others and/or attend meetings, access file cabinets, use office machinery, etc., which will require bending and lifting of items less than 25 lbs. The typical office environment is of moderate noise level, an indoor temperate environment, and light levels that are bright and conducive to minimal eye strain. Little to no travel is expected for this position.
The qualifications, physical demands, and work environment described herein are representative of those an employee will encounter and must meet to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities.
Acknowledgement
Gable Gotwals is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or other factors protected by law.
Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Legal
Industries
Law Practice
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