NYC-SRD -Legal Assistant (Paralegal)

Legal assistants are essential to the overall quality of services the firm provides its clients. Like the attorneys, legal assistants are assigned to specific practice groups so that they can develop expertise in an area and closer working relationships with their colleagues. Legal assistants, under the supervision of an attorney, are encouraged to assume significant responsibilities while they work on specific matters. Legal assistants in the corporate groups, among other things, assist attorneys in preparing various types of documents including corporate by-laws and minutes, regulatory agency filings, finance documents and memoranda; coordinating client meetings; performing factual research using the library and/or electronic resources; and filing documents with various regulatory agencies. The litigation legal assistants work with attorneys in investigating the facts of a case by reviewing client files, both in the Unites States and abroad, or request from government investigatory agencies. In addition, they digest and analyze transcripts of testimony and prepare exhibits and witnesses for depositions and trials.