Founded by Thomas Masuda in 1929, Masuda Funai has grown to over 45 attorneys and three offices, located in downtown and suburban Chicago and Los Angeles. The AV-rated firm is 37% minority-owned and the professionals in our Midwest and West Coast offices service our more than 1,500 clients, many of which have been represented by the firm for decades. Masuda Funai strives to establish long-term relationships with clients by providing customized legal services in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
Our practice was built on representing international companies entering, operating and investing in the United States. Over the past 80 years, we have guided our clients through the complex legal network in the U.S. Whether you're a small corporation locating in the U.S. for the first time, or an established global entity, we have the knowledge, experience and cultural understanding to represent you successfully. We can assist you with every aspect of your business including: establishing, acquiring, and financing operations; ownership, development and leasing of real estate; transfer of overseas employees to the U.S.; employment, labor, and benefits counseling and dispute resolution; intellectual property, copyright and trademark; business litigation services from simple to complex commercial disputes and bankruptcy secured creditors' rights; structuring the distribution and sale of products and services throughout the U.S.; and estate planning and administration.
Our broad client base spans many different industries and technologies. We represent leading manufacturers and distributors of automotive parts, machine tools, printing presses and electronics. Other clients include financial institutions; transportation and construction companies; professional service organizations; computer and technology companies; and suppliers of food, household and outdoor goods.
PURPOSE AND DESCRIPTION
To work in concert with attorneys, and other personnel, to ensure that litigation matters run smoothly. This includes all aspects of docketing, data entry and maintenance of calendar items, court filings, factual and legal research, preparing pleadings and other legal documents, organization and summarization of documents and general office duties. Employee needs to work well without supervision, independently and under tight deadlines.
Expectations for All Employees:
Supports the Firm's mission, vision, and values by exhibiting the following behaviors: excellence and competence, collaboration, innovation, respect, commitment, accountability and ownership of responsibilities.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
These are duties that the person holding this job MUST be able to perform. We gladly make accommodations on request and, if the accommodations are reasonable, allow otherwise qualified applicants to perform these functions.
1. Proactively anticipate the needs of the attorneys and administration to provide high-level of support.
2. Type correspondence and other written materials for attorneys, including letters, memos, forms, and meeting agendas/notes from dictation or written copy. Proofread/read for logic all work product before returning to attorney for final.
3. Document preparation, including drafting and assembly.
4. Manage the docket, including timely input/dairying of, review documents and maintaining calendar items.
5. Prepare all court filings for Federal, Bankruptcy, Appeals and State courts.
6. Conduct computer-assisted legal and factual research using on-line services such as PACER, Westlaw, Lexis, Dialog and/or Autotrack asset searches.
7. Send closed files to storage (sometimes may be administrative/non-billable).
8. Researching and staying current with reporting procedures and rules for the various courts as well as changes in regulations.
9. Updating attorneys with new Federal and Bankruptcy filing procedures and other relevant court rules.
10. Accurate and descriptive entries, in Firm’s Timekeeping application, demonstrating value for services rendered for both billable and non-billable tasks.
11. Filing, photocopying, pending files, etc. as required.
12. Effectively deal with issues of confidentiality.
13. Perform other duties/projects as assigned.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
The following are required to enable jobholders to perform the essential functions of the job.
1. Skills/knowledge
a. Proficiency and experience with CompuLaw and Summation applications
b. Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel
c. Excellent business writing, editing, proofreading skills, spelling and grammar
d. Strong organization, prioritization and attention to detail skills
e. Ability to multi-task, work and follow up in a fast-paced demanding environment
f. Document management skills
g. Strong oral and written communication skills as well as dealing with foreign clients
h. Must be flexible and a team player
2. Experience/Education
a. Understanding and/or working knowledge of circuit court rules and procedures a plus
b. Degree or Paralegal certificate preferred
c. 2+ years of docketing experience
d. 4 - 5 years of litigation support experience preferably with a sole practitioner or small law firm
- Location: Torrance
- Compensation: commensurate with experience
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