Legal Administrative Assistant at Novalaw Inc – Jericho, New York

Introduction to Company

NovaLaw is a tech-enabled, highly selective, global law firm consistently recognized for its excellence, innovation, and teamwork throughout its 45 offices in 14 countries and five continents. Novalaw is its support backbone, professionally running the operations of the firm. This disruptive business model has widely become known amongst the most innovative in the legal industry prioritizing collaboration, dynamic innovation, consistent excellence, agility, and efficiency. These core principles provide our firm with an insightful understanding of how we can continue to push our growth year over year.

Position Summary

NovaLaw, Rimon’s support company, has an immediate opening for an in-office Legal Administrative Assistant. This full-time position will mainly support our Jericho Long Island attorneys but will also provide support as needed to other partners and the legal support department. The ideal candidate has prior law office experience, and is collaborative, detail-oriented, organized, and self-sufficient, with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

· Prepare mailings and documents for attorneys and clients.

· Create, edit, format and proofread letters, memos, and other documents using Microsoft Word, Excel, iManage, and Adobe Acrobat as necessary. Compose routine correspondence and emails, as needed.

· Some support and assistance to prepare and submit time entries, fees, and expenses for various attorneys.

· Provide backup secretarial assistance to partners, associates and other legal and administrative staff as assigned.

· Electronic filing of pleadings and other documents in state and federal courts

· Photocopying, scanning, and saving documents to cloud-based file management system.

· Coordinate with clients, external counsel, and other vendors to obtain and exchange information and documentation related to legal matters.?

· Other administrative tasks as assigned.

Education & Experience

· Associate’s degree from an accredited college or university.

· Experience with iManage.

· 3+ years of working in a legal office environment.

· Multitasking

· Attention to Detail

· Collaboration

· Efficiency

· Loyalty

· Organizational Skills

About Rimon Law

Rimon P.C. is a highly selective, international law firm with offices across five continents. The firm is widely known as being at the vanguard of legal innovation for its decentralized, distributed business model and leading-edge technology. Our model is disruptive, our culture dynamic, and our growth explosive: at a time when traditional law firms are closing offices, Rimon is experiencing 40% growth year-over-year. The firm has been repeatedly recognized by the Financial Times as one of North America's most innovative law firms. The firm’s Managing Partners were both named ‘Legal Rebels’ by the American Bar Association’s ABA Journal and have spoken on innovations in the practice of law at Harvard and Stanford Law Schools. Rimon and its lawyers have also received numerous awards for excellence, including from Best Lawyers and Chambers.

NovaLaw, Inc. and Rimon, P.C. are affiliate companies. Employees of NovaLaw, Inc. provide mission-critical legal support and expertise and business process services to Rimon P.C.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Rimon Law (Rimon, P.C. and NovaLaw, Inc., Inc.) is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or an employee based on race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other legally recognized protected class under federal, state, or local law.

The information that you provide in this application will be used solely to determine suitability for employment, verify identity, and maintain statistics on applicants.

Accommodation for Applicants with Disabilities

Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on Rimon Law. If you have a disability or special need and need assistance participating in the application process, please let us know.

Recruitment Agencies

Rimon P.C. and NovaLaw, Inc. do not accept and are not responsible for the payment of any fees related to unsolicited resumes submitted to us.