3 results for Bankruptcy Paralegal in Austin, TX

Legal Assistant Are you a detail-oriented professional passionate about the legal field and seeking a short-term opportunity to showcase your skills? Look no further! We are hiring a skilled Temporary Legal Assistant to join a dynamic legal team in the heart of Austin, TX, where innovation, culture, and opportunity thrive. This temporary role is perfect for candidates eager to contribute their expertise and organizational prowess to critical legal matters. Whether you're between permanent roles or simply seeking flexibility, this assignment offers valuable experience in a fast-paced legal environment. Key Responsibilities<ul><li>Administrative Support: Provide essential support to attorneys and paralegals, including calendar management, scheduling meetings, and drafting correspondence.</li><li>Document Preparation: Assist with drafting, editing, and organizing legal documents, such as contracts, court filings, pleadings, and discovery materials.</li><li>Case Management: Maintain and organize case files, track deadlines, and handle court and e-filing processes at the state and federal levels.</li><li>Legal Research: Conduct basic legal research using online legal databases like Westlaw or LexisNexis.</li><li>Client Interaction: Communicate professionally with clients and external parties as needed to obtain information, schedule appointments, or provide updates.</li></ul>

Legal Assistant We are offering an exciting opportunity in the legal industry, located in Austin, Texas.We are seeking a Legal Assistant to join our team. In this role, you will be required to handle a variety of tasks, including processing client cases, maintaining accurate and organized files, and managing communication with attorneys, staff and court personnel. Responsibilities • Efficiently process new client and matter intake, including preparing new matter forms and opening files• Maintain and organize files in a structured manner, adhering to standard naming conventions when scanning and saving documents• Coordinate attorney calendars, manage meeting arrangements, and handle travel logistics• Assist in finalizing pre-bill drafts and submit attorney expenses for reimbursement• Prepare shell forms and assist with drafting pleadings, motions, briefs, or other legal documents or correspondence• Handle document conversion between formats, such as Word and PDF, and perform document comparisons• Prepare draft discovery requests and responses, prepare production for service, and process incoming production• Assist with deposition preparation and scheduling• Finalize and proofread filings and coordinate in-person or electronic filing and/or service• Obtain hearing and trial settings and submit filings to non-hearing dockets• Prepare materials for hearings and trials and attend these proceedings, as needed• Communicate clearly and professionally with attorneys, staff, opposing counsel, and court personnel• Make sound and practical decisions based on good judgment• Take initiative in anticipating work needs and proactively follow-up with minimum direction. Your happiness matters! For confidential consideration, email your resume directly to:rosemarie.jones< at >roberthalf.< com >

Legal Executive Assistant As a Legal Executive Assistant, you will support multiple lawyers. The Legal Executive Assistant (LEA) proactively filters and attends to the day-to-day functions of a partner's practice so that they can focus on building and maintaining their practice. This role serves as a consultant for the partner, connecting departments, projects, and critical business information to the partner, ensuring meetings and materials are efficient and effective, and serving as a trusted partner to help deliver against the priorities of the practice and clients. Location: This position can sit in our Austin office and offers a Hybrid work schedule working at least 3 days in the office after the 90-day ONSITE training period. Responsibilities:Completes and carries out major assignments and a broad variety of tasks in support of the partner's practice.Exercises judgment and delegates administrative tasks and document work as appropriate to other Legal Support Services team members (Legal Support Assistants and Legal Administrative Assistants) and firm resources. When delegating, maintains responsibility for and tracks all activities/tasks/projects to successful completion. Collaborates with peers to provide team support and coverage.Performs work that substantively and positively impacts the success of the partner's financial viability with client matters.Exercises discretion and professional judgment with confidential and sensitive matters.Plans, coordinates, and ensures attorney Outlook calendars are maintained; identifies and resolves scheduling conflicts; coordinates complex travel itineraries.Works closely and proactively with attorneys to keep them well informed of upcoming commitments and responsibilities, preparing materials in advance, and following up appropriately.Successfully completes critical aspects of deliverables with a proactive, hands-on approach, including drafting letters or other correspondence, preparing reports, and other tasks that facilitate partner's ability to effectively build the practice.Handles extensive direct interaction with clients and outside business contacts.Prepares agendas, reports, and presentations; composes correspondence that is sometimes confidential.Develops and maintains professional relationships and ensures teams work together efficiently and effectively, providing clear direction and constructive feedback on projects and assignments.Coordinates department or practice group meetings. Takes lead in preparing logistics and engaging appropriate parties to ensure a successful meeting.Participates in practice group and client team meetings, as appropriate. Prepares meeting agendas, reviews meeting materials for accuracy and completeness and distributes to meeting attendees.Maintains paper and electronic filing systems, helping to ensure compliance with Information Governance policies and procedures.Oversees billing matters (prebilling tasks including all approval forms and collaboration correspondence, international billing, liaise with biller regarding questions/issues, liaise with collections team); monitors client budgets for reporting purposes.