Buffalo Law Firm Jobs – Legal Assistant For Intake
The Legal Assistant for the Intake Department handles the initial contact with new or prospective clients. The Intake Department begins the entire process of creating a case file and seamlessly transitions this through to the attorney and paralegal staff.
We Are Looking For Someone Who:
- Becomes energized by working with people
- Understands the importance of exceptional customer service
- Appreciates a through training process and learning in team environments
- Utilizes case management software efficiently to create the initial case file for all new and prospective clients
- Schedules meetings, documents all work, case expenses and payments, and communicates with multiple firm employees
- Answers all calls in a timely manner and conducts phone interviews with new and prospective clients
- Schedules appointments for new clients coordinating calendars for multiple people
- Meets with new and prospective clients in the company office (under current COVID state regulations) for continued fact gathering
- Generates initial documents for both client and attorney
- Photocopy, telefax, email, mail, and scan items associated with clients’ cases
- Assist attorneys with the following:
- Draft correspondence and documents using firm templates
- Assemble enclosures
- Request police accident reports
- Request medical records
- Prepare the physical case file to be transferred to assigned attorney and legal assistant/paralegal
At William Mattar law offices we offer a variety of benefits to full-time and part-time employees.
Our benefits include:
- Extremely Generous Paid Time Off
- Additional Paid Time Off for Community Service Hours
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short Term and Long Term Disability
- 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan