Legal Assistant

About This Role

This full-time position supports litigation and business attorneys, ensuring matters are organized, accurate, and progressing. The role is based in the Indianapolis office and suits an experienced and highly organized litigation legal assistant who thrives in a collaborative and collegial environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage files in a largely paperless office, including client documents, pleadings, discovery materials, correspondence, and other case-related documents
• Draft appearances and other basic legal documents
• Enter attorney time into the firm’s online timekeeping system
• Assist with preparation for trials, hearings, and depositions
• Manage attorney dockets and track important court dates, deadlines, and other case-related obligations
• Assist with electronic filing in Indiana state and federal courts
• Prepare and edit transaction documents, corporate records, and other business filings

Requirements

• At least three years of experience working as a legal assistant
• Highly organized and attentive to detail
• Excellent spelling, grammar, punctuation, and overall communication skills, both written and verbal
• High school graduate
• Experience working with a Mac computer or willingness to learn
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Word and Outlook
• Able to type at least 60 words per minute
• Exercise sound judgment and discretion when handling confidential information

Nice to have:

• College degree

Benefits

• Subsidized health insurance
• Firm-paid dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
• Fitness center membership
• 401(k) retirement plan
• 15 days of paid time off during your first year, with accrual beginning immediately
• Free parking
• Paid sick time
• Parental leave

Important Details

• Schedule: approximately 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday, includes a paid one-hour lunch break
• Work format: after 90 days of employment, eligible for a hybrid schedule that allows one remote workday per week

About the Company

Paganelli Law Group is a mid-sized business law firm with offices in Indianapolis and Bloomington.