Legal Practice Assistant

Job overview

The Legal Practice Assistant role is primarily in-office in Raleigh, NC, with occasional remote flexibility once established. Compensation is $65,000–$80,000 per year. Core Talent Services is conducting a confidential search for a prominent law firm with transactional and advisory practices. The role provides administrative and legal support to attorneys in restructuring, corporate, and tax practice groups. By managing schedules, deadlines, documents, and filings, the assistant helps attorneys maintain organized case and transaction workflows and communicate with clients, opposing counsel, and court personnel.

What you'll do

• Manage attorney calendars and scheduling
• docket and monitor deadlines
• maintain physical and digital case files and transactional binders
• process conflict checks and expense reports
• perform preliminary document reviews
• draft and proofread correspondence and basic legal documents
• e-file and serve pleadings through PACER and CM/ECF
• communicate with clients, opposing counsel, and court personnel. The posting seeks at least five years of legal secretarial or administrative experience and proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel, and Adobe.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

legal practice assistant

legal administrative support

attorney calendars

docketing

case files

pacer

cm/ecf

raleigh nc

hybrid flexibility

$65k–$80k

corporate

restructuring

tax practice

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Confidential search; occasional remote flexibility is available after the candidate is established. Familiarity with iManage, Westlaw, and Harvey is an advantage.

About the employer

Core Talent Services is hiring for this role. Industry: Offices of Lawyers. Sector: 54.