Legal Administrative Assistant

Perlman & Perlman, LLP, with offices in New York City, Washington, DC and Mesa, Arizona is one of the nation’s leading law firms serving nonprofit organizations, fundraising companies and professionals, social enterprises, and for-profit companies engaged in philanthropy and cause marketing. Our scope includes traditional nonprofit legal matters as well as evolving areas of the law, in particular, social enterprise law. The firm serves as outside general counsel and special counsel to many of the nation’s leading nonprofit organizations, including public charities, private foundations, social welfare organizations, and trade associations, assisting on a wide variety of matters, including entity formation, charitable giving and charitable solicitation, tax-exemption, contracts, corporate transactions, corporate governance, intellectual property and technology, litigation and employment. The firm is one of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of charitable fundraising registration and compliance services.

Job Description

The Legal Administrative Assistant provides proficient administrative support to the Legal Team to ensure the delivery of optimal client service. Under the supervision of the Director of Operations (DO), the Legal Administrative Assistant (LAA) provides proficient administrative support to the attorneys and paralegals (Legal Team) to facilitate productive collaboration and ensure the delivery of optimal client service. The LAA is responsible for organizing and producing legal work products, ensuring accurate and timely timekeeping and billing, and generating client communications. The LAA also supports business travel, marketing, and business development activities, and performs essential tasks related to the legal intake process, client filing systems, and client databases.

The Legal Administrative Assistant will be situated at the firm’s offices in Manhattan. The ideal candidate is bright, energetic, reliable, a team player, and relates well to clients and colleagues. The person will demonstrate sound judgment, efficiency, and willingness to work collaboratively with the firm’s Partners and other Managers to insure optimal operations.