Legal Assistant ($25.00-30.00 per hour)

Pittsburgh area law firm is in need of a legal assistant.  The selected candidate will provide comprehensive administrative and legal support to attorneys specializing in insurance defense litigation.

Responsibilities include:

• Preparing, formatting, and filing pleadings, motions, briefs, discovery requests, and other legal documents.
• Maintain and organize case files, including witness lists, exhibit lists, and trial notebooks.
• Summarize deposition and trial testimony and prepare case summaries for attorney review.
• Transcribe dictation using a Dictaphone/digital dictation system.
• Coordinate schedules, court filings, and deadlines, communicate with clients, courts, and opposing counsel, and ensure timely case management from inception through trial.