Job Category: Legal Support Staff Risquisition Number: LEGAL001088 Posted: June 18, 2024 Full-Time Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA Job Details Description

 

Legal Practice Assistant -- Government Relations

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney is a national law firm with a proven reputation for providing progressive, industry-leading legal, business, regulatory and government relations advice to our regional, national, and international clients.

We currently have an opportunity for a Practice Assistant in our Pittsburgh office to support professionals in our Pennsylvania Government Relations practice. Please apply if you have experience and are looking for a rewarding career in a business-casual team environment with a well-established firm! The Firm is currently on a hybrid work schedule. After the first month of employment, you have the opportunity to work remotely up to 2 days per week.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• • Provide high level administrative support to our government relations professionals/attorneys and clients by formatting correspondence and other documents and spreadsheets, proofing, editing, formatting, and scanning/printing documents under time sensitive deadlines.
• • Extensive scheduling for professionals with clients, potential clients, State officials, and/or legislative offices.
• • Manage multiple demanding schedules through Microsoft Outlook calendars.
• • Coordinate travel arrangements on a weekly basis for multiple professionals (air, train, hotel, etc.) through our corporate travel companion, Navan.
• • Run conflict checks, prepare engagement letters, and open new client matters within our onboarding system.
• • Assist in the coordination of government relations events/conferences with caterers, invitations, nametags, room scheduling and room preparation.
• • Prepare and submit expense reports.
• • Maintain paper and electronic files through our document management system in connection with filing protocols and retention policies.
• • Assist with billing and proforma review through 3E.
• • Work independently and in collaboration with other practice assistants in your support team, understand client concerns, ensure clients are satisfied, and build internal and external relationships of trust and reliability.
• • Adhere to firm policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines while maintaining confidentiality.

• • Other related duties, as assigned.

     

**Required Education/Experience:**

• • A minimum of 3 years' experience as a legal practice assistant, administrative or executive assistant or have administrative support experience in a legislative office or setting.
• • Excellent focus, diligence, and time management skills necessary.
• • Strong interpersonal and communication skills necessary.
• • Must have a positive can-do, team-oriented attitude.
• • Ability to work efficiently and balance assignments/workflow/calendar management from multiple professionals.

• • Proficient in MS Word, Outlook, Excel, and other computer and document management systems.

     

Buchanan Ingersoll and Rooney PC offers outstanding benefits that include:

• • Insurance -- Medical, Dental, Vision
• • 401K program
• • Retirement Savings Program
• • Generous Paid Time Off
• • Paid Holidays
• • WorkWell wellness program
• • Free use of building gym
• • Caregiving assistance with Bright Horizons
• • Firm-wide emergency assistance fund

• • Available Hybrid schedule

     

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of o her employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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