Paralegal

General practice Law firm with a Landlord/Tenant focus located in Jamaica, Queens is seeking an individual with professional communication skills to handle various office duties such as:

Providing administrative support to attorney.
Answering, routing phone calls and taking messages.
General typing, data entry, copying, scanning and maintaining files;
Correspondence with clients and Court personnel via phone/email
Preparation of legal documents and filing on EDDS and NYSCEF;
Calendaring Court appearances and monitoring deadlines;

The ideal candidate will
1. have the ability to learn;
2. possess a positive attitude/demeanor;
3. be a self-starter and able to multi-task;
4. be detail-oriented and take pride in the quality of his/her work and;
5. be computer literate with Microsoft Word experience.

Spanish speaking is Preferred and
MUST have at least one year of legal experience.

Candidate must be resourceful, motivated, hard working and reliable, with good organizational and customer service skills.

Start immediately. Part time or full time.