Legal Assistant

This is an exciting opportunity to work for one of the top law firms in the U.S.! Davis Wright Tremaine LLP is looking for a Legal Assistant to join our team in our Anchorage office.
We offer a hybrid work engagement with two days of remote work, and three days in-office.
This position will provide and coordinate administrative and clerical support to attorneys and paralegals in various practice groups, supporting effective use of their time. This position requires a high ability to work independently as well as in a team environment with timekeepers and staff members. Expertise in practicing the following responsibilities is required.
At Davis Wright Tremaine, you will find challenging assignments, opportunities for professional growth and community involvement, and a culture of inclusion. DWT fosters inclusiveness and authenticity. Regardless of position, everyone here has a voice and the support is unparalleled.
On a typical day you will:
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Take ownership of own success and attorneys’ success
Welcome challenges and take a proactive approach to problem solving
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Be engaged, interested and curious, offer ideas and solutions to improve service, teamwork and efficiency
Maintain composure and discretion
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Effectively partner with attorneys and maintain good working relationships with clients, DWT staff and attorneys, and other contacts (agencies, courts, vendors, etc.)
Easily team up with others, both forming and joining
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Mentor and share information with others
Efficiently manage complex and challenging workflow
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Utilize resources (administrative secretary, DWTWP, file room, colleagues, office management)
Invest in mentoring Administrative Secretaries and others
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Sustain a high degree of attorney confidence, minimal backlog and minimal overtime
Maintain a deep understanding of attorneys’ practices and goals as well as firm objectives, policies and procedures; proactively identify own training/development needs and collaborate with supervisor to meet them
Maintain an understanding of firm and practice group goals; identify opportunities to contribute to success by raising concerns and/or opportunities; and offers potential solutions and is willing to participate in the agreed upon course of action to reach the desired goals
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Extensive interaction with clients; acts as intermediary with clients and responds to client requests
Take initiative to understand attorneys’ client service needs; identify opportunities to contribute to client relationship success by raising concerns and/or opportunities to improve; offers potential solutions and is willing to participate in the agreed upon course of action to reach the desired goals
Manage client billing process, including review and editing of pre-bills
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Maintain up-to-date forms, including collaboration with word processing on templates
Check in regularly with attorney to ensure all aspects of projects are on track. Prompt as needed. Exercise careful judgment about when to ask for guidance
Assign appropriate tasks to word processing, file room and other support staff. Follow up on status of all projects to ensure timely completion
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