Legal Practice Assistant Finance and Disputes
herbert smithBrooklyn, NY
Legal Practice Assistant Finance and Disputes
herbert smithBrooklyn, NYMid L4
Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsParalegals and Legal AssistantsLegal Support Workers, All Other
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In this role you provide comprehensive administrative and operational support to legal professionals and practice teams, ensuring accurate billing, matter management, document handling, and cross-functional coordination. You help maintain confidentiality and responsiveness while enabling efficient client service and workflow execution. You will work closely with Billing, Finance, and other practice support professionals to support the firm's legal operations and service delivery. This is a hands-on, deadline-driven role at a leading law firm with a strong emphasis on accuracy and collaboration.
Responsibilities:
Billing and revenue coordination: prepare, review, revise, and circulate invoices; maintain matter and related information; apply discounts and write-offs; route for approval; liaise with Billing and Finance.
E-billing support: manage invoice uploads, identifiers, replacements, and submissions.
Matter administration: open/maintain matters, update client and billing details, support conflict-clearance workflows.
Time-entry maintenance: transfer and correct time entries, verify transfers, update matter details.
Calendar, meeting, and travel coordination: schedule calls, plan calendars, arrange travel and visas.
Document drafting and production: draft routine correspondence, prepare bundles, and handle printing/assembly of documents.
Document management: organize documents with IDs and version control; manage scanning and original material returns.
Expense and vendor administration: prepare expense reports, reconcile receipts, manage vendors and outside-counsel invoices.
Client and contact support: maintain electronic contacts, support client research and business-development activities.
Office and delivery support: arrange couriers, deliveries, and office supplies.
Cross-functional coordination: collaborate with Billing, Finance, Matter Management, Conflicts, HR, Office Services, and vendors to track requests to completion.
Key requirements:
- Administrative support experience in a legal or deadline-driven environment.
- Knowledge of billing, e-billing, expenses, matter-management, and document-management processes.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office; ability to learn firm-specific systems.
- Strong written and verbal communication, proofreading, organization, and follow-through.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and handle confidential information with sound judgment.
- Service-oriented mindset and ability to collaborate across departments and with external providers.
- Attention to detail
- Client service
- ConfidentialityCollaborationMicrosoft Office applicationsability to learn firm-specific systems
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Level
Mid L4
Location
Brooklyn, NY
Occupation
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
Industry
Offices of Lawyers
Posted
2 days ago