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Practice Assistant  

Newport Beach, CA 92660

Employment Type: Direct Hire Position Type: Secretarial Job Number: 24927 Rate DOE: $70,590 to $115,440

Job Description


Position: Practice Assistant  

Location: Newport Beach, CA (hybrid, 3 days onsite) 

Pay: $70,590 to $115,440 annually 

Experience: 4+ years of experience providing administrative support   

Education: Bachelor’s degree is preferred  

Type: Full-time; Direct Hire  

Schedule: Monday – Friday, 9am-5:30pm 

Kent Daniels & Associates is seeking a Practice Assistant to join our dynamic law firm client!    

Job Description:   
  • Create, format, edit, proofread, and manage Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations.
  • Draft routine correspondence, forms, etc. under the supervision of an appropriate lawyer/professional.
  • Answer telephone and routine questions from clients and staff members and route calls.
  • Manage attorney calendars (scheduling appointments, depositions, meetings, hearings, and closings).
  • Schedule domestic and foreign travel through firm travel system including logistics.
  • Track, organize, and process reimbursements, invoices, and check requests.
  • Run conflict checks, open new client matters, and draft engagement letters and other required documents; provide guidance to lawyers so completed forms are submitted properly.
  • Opens, prioritizes and distributes mail. Coordinates mailings, deliveries, copying and courthouse filings.
  • Enter and manage work requests from lawyers in the workflow tool and complete according to provided deadlines.
  • Perform routine filing, photocopying, scanning, compiling, and distributing of documents. 
  • Identify and coordinate available services provided by administrative departments such as office services, the IT Help Desk, word processing, accounting, billing, and records.
  • Operates independently to ensure assignments are completed in an accurate and timely manner.
  • Produces a high volume of work assignments in an accurate and timely manner.
  • Perform clerical duties for non-legal departments.

Position Requirements:     
  • Experience with Worksite/Filesite document management system. 
  • Has attained proficiency in all of the core legal administrative assistant functions and has advanced technical and communications skills. 
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated ability to coordinate multiple competing tasks and demands. 
  • Superb attention to detail, grammar, and punctuation, and the ability to articulate thoughts and effectively present new ideas and findings. 

Kent Daniels & Associates is a company of Array Corporation, the leading technology-enabled workforce solutions company whose mission is to fix how labor is bought, sold and delivered to enable universal access to the American Dream.   

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the California Fair Chance Act.

We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

Job Requirements


Position: Practice Assistant  

Location: Newport Beach, CA (hybrid, 3 days onsite) 

Pay: $70,590 to $115,440 annually 

Experience: 4+ years of experience providing administrative support   

Education: Bachelor’s degree is preferred  

Type: Full-time; Direct Hire  

Schedule: Monday – Friday, 9am-5:30pm 

Kent Daniels & Associates is seeking a Practice Assistant to join our dynamic law firm client!    

Job Description:   
  • Create, format, edit, proofread, and manage Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations.
  • Draft routine correspondence, forms, etc. under the supervision of an appropriate lawyer/professional.
  • Answer telephone and routine questions from clients and staff members and route calls.
  • Manage attorney calendars (scheduling appointments, depositions, meetings, hearings, and closings).
  • Schedule domestic and foreign travel through firm travel system including logistics.
  • Track, organize, and process reimbursements, invoices, and check requests.
  • Run conflict checks, open new client matters, and draft engagement letters and other required documents; provide guidance to lawyers so completed forms are submitted properly.
  • Opens, prioritizes and distributes mail. Coordinates mailings, deliveries, copying and courthouse filings.
  • Enter and manage work requests from lawyers in the workflow tool and complete according to provided deadlines.
  • Perform routine filing, photocopying, scanning, compiling, and distributing of documents. 
  • Identify and coordinate available services provided by administrative departments such as office services, the IT Help Desk, word processing, accounting, billing, and records.
  • Operates independently to ensure assignments are completed in an accurate and timely manner.
  • Produces a high volume of work assignments in an accurate and timely manner.
  • Perform clerical duties for non-legal departments.

Position Requirements:     
  • Experience with Worksite/Filesite document management system. 
  • Has attained proficiency in all of the core legal administrative assistant functions and has advanced technical and communications skills. 
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated ability to coordinate multiple competing tasks and demands. 
  • Superb attention to detail, grammar, and punctuation, and the ability to articulate thoughts and effectively present new ideas and findings. 

Kent Daniels & Associates is a company of Array Corporation, the leading technology-enabled workforce solutions company whose mission is to fix how labor is bought, sold and delivered to enable universal access to the American Dream.   

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the California Fair Chance Act.

We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

Additional Information

Kent Daniels and Associates is a legal staffing service specializing in the placement of temporary, temp-to-hire and full-time regular employees in law firms and corporate legal departments in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, and nationwide. We staff all positions in law firms and all three shifts - day, swing and graveyard. Kent Daniels was established in 1986, giving us 37 years of experience finding candidates legal jobs in law firms nationwide. Applicants will be considered in a manner consistent with federal, state, and local requirements as applicable. Salary ranges are provided in good faith at the time of posting and represent the compensation KDA/our clients are willing to pay for the advertised position. Exact compensation will be determined by a wide range of factors including but not limited to experience level, education/training, relevant skills, business needs and location.
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