Job Openings
ATTORNEY OPENINGS - LOS ANGELES
Labor and Employment Associate
We are seeking a Labor and Employment Associate with 4-6 years of employment and traditional labor experience for the Los Angeles office. The successful candidate must have excellent analytical and writing skills, substantial experience handling employment litigation, including single-plaintiff and class action cases, and experience advising clients on day-to-day employment issues. Outstanding academic credentials are required.
Trusts & Estates Associate
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp is a mid-sized law firm with offices in Los Angeles, New York City, and Washington, D.C. The Firm practices business law with an emphasis on Complex Litigation, Intellectual Property & Technology, Labor & Employment, Entertainment, Trusts & Estates, Tax, and Corporate Business Transactions.
We are seeking a Trusts & Estates Associate with 3 to 7 years of experience for our Los Angeles office. The ideal candidate would have experience in a large firm or a Trusts & Estates boutique firm practicing estate planning, wealth transfer tax, trust administration, and probate law. The position would be transactional with exposure to litigation. Excellent analytical, writing and organizational skills as well as outstanding academic credentials are preferred.
Corporate Attorney
MSK’s Corporate Department is seeking an associate in its New York or Los Angeles office with 4-7 years of corporate and securities law experience, with a focus on M&A transactions. Ideal candidates will have significant experience managing M&A transactions substantially on their own from start to finish, including drafting and negotiating term sheets, definitive acquisition agreements and typical ancillary agreements for M&A transactions. Experience with public capital markets and secured senior lending is a plus.
Senior Real Estate Attorney
We are seeking an experienced attorney to join the Real Estate Practice Group in our Los Angeles office. The ideal candidate will have 8-10 years of transactional real estate experience.
The Firm offers competitive compensation and benefits.
EOE
Please submit resume to staffrecruits@msk.com
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attorney openings - NEW YORK
Corporate Attorney
MSK’s Corporate Department is seeking an associate in its New York or Los Angeles office with 4-7 years of corporate and securities law experience, with a focus on M&A transactions. Ideal candidates will have significant experience managing M&A transactions substantially on their own from start to finish, including drafting and negotiating term sheets, definitive acquisition agreements and typical ancillary agreements for M&A transactions. Experience with public capital markets and secured senior lending is a plus.
The Firm offers competitive compensation and benefits.
EOE
Please submit resume to staffrecruits@msk.com
www.msk.com
attorney openings - Washington, dc
STAFF OPPORTUNITIES - LOS ANGELES
Billing & Collections Coordinator
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, a mid-sized law firm with offices in Los Angeles, New York City, and Washington D.C., is seeking an experienced Legal Billing & Collections Coordinator to complement our accounting team in Los Angeles.
The Billing & Collections Coordinator will be expected to provide outstanding service to the firm’s attorneys, clients and others within the firm. This is a high volume, value-added desk within a deadline driven environment. This position reports to the Accounting Manager.
Responsibilities:
- Perform full-cycle monthly billing functions in a deadline driven environment; including but not limited to, processing narrative edits, and transferring time/costs entries.
- Prepare and post pre-bills, accrual/progress billing statements, and final bills.
- Manage backup/filing for cost entries when requested.
- Perform collection tasks, including but not limited to, contacting clients, follow-up, and forecasting expected revenue.
Qualifications:
- Position requires outstanding written and verbal communications skills, excellent organizational skills and the ability to strategize, multi-task and prioritize.
- Must have the ability to effectively communicate with all levels of personnel and clients, have excellent attention to detail and the ability to work well under pressure.
- Team member must have a commitment to proactive communication and exceptional follow through skills.
- Ideal candidate has an exemplary customer service mindset, is highly motivated, and enjoys a team-oriented atmosphere.
Education/Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree is required.
- Experience with Elite Enterprise or similar billing software is required.
- A minimum of three years of law firm billing experience is strongly preferred.
- Experience with electronic billing software programs is preferred.
- Must have MS Office Suite experience, including Excel, and an ability to leverage technology in work processes.
Legal Administrative Assistant
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, a mid-sized law firm with offices in Los Angeles, New York City, and Washington D.C., has an immediate opening for a Legal Administrative Assistant in its Los Angeles office.
The position will entail supporting 3 - 4 busy Attorneys in the Firm’s Trusts and Estates and Tax practice groups. The ideal candidate would have experience in the areas of estate planning, probate, tax and trust administration.
Responsibilities:
- Performs typing and file maintenance duties.
- Prepares documents in final format, including assisting with preparing a letter, chart or deed.
- Conducts conflict checks for prospective matters, prepares client engagement agreements and conflict waivers.
- Creates and edits drafts of documents using MS Word, Excel & PowerPoint.
- Answers incoming telephone calls in a timely and professional manner and communicates an accurate message on behalf of the caller.
- Sends/receives/manages e-mails and related attachments using Outlook.
- Accurately enters attorney time on a timely basis.
- Arranges meetings and schedules appointments; opens, sorts and distributes mail.
- Notarize documents.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Undergraduate degree required.
- A minimum of 2 years of legal secretarial experience. Proficiency in trusts and estates and tax terminology and procedures is preferred.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.
- Must be an energetic self-starter who is enthusiastic about performing and learning varied support tasks.
- Must be proficient in Windows 10 and with Microsoft Office 2016, including MS Word and Outlook. Familiarity with a document management system (e.g. iManage, DocsOpen, Worldox, Filesite, Net documents) preferred.
- Accurate typing skills of 65+ wpm.
- Notary highly preferred
Legal Secretary/Administrative Assistant - Litigation
Responsibilities:
- Prepares documents in final format, including but not limited to redlining, blacklining, merge, columns, footnoting, creating tables of contents, tables, etc. in accordance with local courts rules for filing with various courts and administrative agencies.
- Creates and edits drafts of documents using word processing features of MS Word, Excel & PowerPoint.
- Answers incoming telephone calls in a timely and professional manner and communicates an accurate message on behalf of the caller.
- Sends/receives/manages e-mails and related attachments using Outlook.
- Accurately enters attorney time on a timely basis.
- Arranges meetings and schedules appointments; opens, sorts and distributes mail.
- Assists in handling electronic case filings in the state and federal courts.
Qualifications:
- Undergraduate degree required.
- A minimum of 2 years of litigation secretarial experience with proficiency in litigation terminology and procedures including federal court filing and e-filing procedures.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.
- Must be enthusiastic about performing and learning varied litigation support tasks.
- Must be proficient in Windows and with Microsoft Office including MS Word, Outlook and Excel.
- Familiarity with a document management system, i.e. DocsOpen, Worldox, iManage, Filesite, Net documents is a plus.
The Firm offers competitive compensation and benefits.
EOE
Please submit resume to staffrecruits@msk.com
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staff opportunities - NEW YORK
Litigation Paralegal
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp is a mid-sized law firm with its main office in Los Angeles and branch offices in New York City and Washington DC. The Firm practices business law with an emphasis on Complex Litigation, Intellectual Property & Technology, Immigration, Labor & Employment, Entertainment, Tax, Benefits, Corporate Business Transaction, and Wealth Management.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
- Manage a case from inception to conclusion and anticipate case/counsel needs.
- Work with counsel and Litigation Support on collection, processing, review and production of electronic data/files.
- Maintain electronic case databases (e.g., Summation, Relativity), run searches on databases.
- Manage document productions, including document review under the supervision of an attorney, redactions, endorsements and preparation of document productions for service.
- Establish, organize and maintain case files, both electronic and paper.
- Research and cull information from resources such as websites, periodicals, trade associations, Federal, State and local government agencies.
- Prepare, serve and manage document and deposition subpoenas.
- Depositions: Under attorney supervision, gather and prepare documents relevant to the deponent, organize exhibits, take notes and handle exhibits during the deposition, secure depositions transcripts from reporting services and distribute copies as needed.
- Assist in preparation of motions and other Court filings, including assembly of motion papers, declarations and exhibits, proofread and citation check, and create appendices.
- Assist in the filing and service of Federal and State Court documents.
- Assist counsel in trial/arbitration/mediation: create exhibit list and prepare exhibits; prepare witnesses; coordinate logistics such as courtroom technician and other technology needs; liaison between counsel and court staff; assist counsel at hearing.
Qualifications:
- Strong management, organizational, communication and writing skills.
- Demonstrated leadership skills.
- Time management skills to handle multiple tasks efficiently and accurately.
- Team-oriented mindset and strong work ethic.
- Ability to efficiently gather, maintain and organize voluminous data/documents.
- Minimum education - Bachelor's degree.
- Minimum of 5 years working as a litigation paralegal at a law firm.
- Paralegal certification required.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Strong experience in eDiscovery.
- Experienced in: Summation; Relativity; Lexis Research; Lexis CaseMap and TextMap; PACER.
MSK offers competitive compensation, 401K, medical, vision and dental coverage, life and AD&D insurance, flexible spending accounts and more.
Legal Administrative Assistant
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, a mid-sized law firm with offices in Los Angeles, New York City, and Washington D.C., has an immediate opening for a Legal Administrative Assistant in its midtown Manhattan office.
The position will entail supporting 3 - 4 busy attorneys in the Firm’s Litigation, Labor & Employment and Intellectual Property practice groups. The Firm offers competitive compensation and benefits.
Responsibilities:
- Performs typing, transcription, stenographic, and file maintenance duties.
- Prepares documents in final format, including but not limited to redlining, blacklining, merge, columns, footnoting, creating tables of contents, tables, etc. in accordance with local courts rules for filing with various courts and administrative agencies.
- Creates and edits drafts of documents (correspondence, reports, charts, pleadings and other legal documents) from written copy, transcribed tapes and/or pre-typed data using advanced word processing features of MS Word, Excel & PowerPoint.
- Answers incoming telephone calls in a timely and professional manner and communicates an accurate message on behalf of the caller.
- Sends/receives/manages e-mails and related attachments using Outlook.
- Accurately enters attorney time on a timely basis.
- Arranges meetings and schedules appointments; opens, sorts and distributes mail.
- Must handle electronic case filings in the state and federal courts,
Qualifications:
- Undergraduate degree required.
- 2 years of litigation secretarial experience with proficiency in litigation terminology and procedures including federal court filing and e-filing procedures.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.
- Must be enthusiastic about performing and learning varied litigation support tasks.
- Must be proficient in Windows 7 and with Microsoft Office 2010 including MS Word and Outlook. Excel and familiarity with a document management system, i.e. DocsOpen, Worldox, iManage, Filesite, Net documents.
- Accurate typing skills of 65+ wpm.
The Firm offers competitive compensation and benefits.
EOE
Please submit resume to staffrecruits@msk.com
www.msk.com
staff opportunities - washington, dc
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