Legal Administrative Assistant 68011
R.L. Barclay & Associates
Houston, TX
- Assist with planning and attending meetings of the Board of Directors of the firm’s municipal utility district clients and take notes of all board actions and decisions
- Draft and prepare agendas, orders, and resolution required for Board of Directors meetings and prepare agendas for election matters
- Ensure that the Board of Directors follows proper legal procedures at meetings (such as no entering into executive session inappropriately)
- Prepare minutes of the Board meetings
- Interact with the Directors of the districts as well as the other consultants for the districts, including engineers, operators, bookkeepers, and tax assessor/collectors
- Prepares documents for obtaining the approval for annexation of land to districts and administers the applications for such approval
- Provide documents for the required annual review of investment policies and investment strategies; prepare required certificate pages
- Maintain district files and permanent documents
- Review and finalize correspondence, including proofreading, editing and redlining
- Record all client billable hours on the firm's tracking system timely
- 4 or more years of experience supporting multiple corporate/transactional attorneys in a law firm setting is required
- 2 or more years of administrative assistant experience, included strong typing, editing, and clerical/administrative skills is required
- Advanced knowledge of all Microsoft Office suite of programs (especially Word, Outlook, Excel), Workshare Compare, and NetDocs (or other document management systems) as well as working knowledge of Adboe Acrobat is required
- Knowledge of Texas real property online recordings (CSC - ePrepare), Texas Secretary of State recordings/searches (SOS Direct), and Texas Comptroller (eSystems) is preferred, but not required
- Knowledge of e-filing in both State and Federal courts is a plus
Benefits:
Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurances offered (with several no-cost options for employee coverage available); 401(k) retirement plan (with employer matching and discretionary, yearly plan profit- sharing); Paid Holidays; Paid Time Off; Fully Paid Parking. 37.5 hour work week.
Compensation is salary with overtime pay and is competitive based on experience or skill level; yearly, discretionary bonus possible.
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R.L. Barclay & Associates has successfully placed hundreds of experienced professionals in law firms and corporations throughout Texas, as well as in multiple states nationwide. To learn more about our company and current openings in our network, please visit www.rlbarclay.com.