This position supports the firm’s Immigration and Employment Practice Group attorneys and paralegals in our Portland, ME office. This role performs a variety of administrative duties in support of these groups, maintains positive contact with clients and co-workers, and observes confidentiality in all client and firm matters.

Responsibilities 

• Coordinate preliminary conflict checks to ensure attorney and firm ability to represent potential client.
• Set up, organize, and maintain client files. Read and review material to be filed, file documents appropriately, and retrieve documents and files when requested. Designate disposition of files to either form files, attorney files, or finish files as appropriate.
• Sort, date stamp, and distribute incoming and outgoing mail promptly. Open and review materials as directed.
• Compose/draft routine correspondence for attorney signature.
• Support attorneys with litigation matters, including maintaining case dockets, attending to electronic filing, document management, and managing deadlines.
• Assist attorneys with inbox management and email filing.
• Prepare PowerPoint slides for webinars; coordinate with marketing in all aspects of webinar planning.
• Coordinate conferences, meetings, and appointments for attorneys and clients including conference room scheduling, meals, beverages, preparing materials, and greeting clients.
• Coordinate seminar registration and travel arrangements securing air, hotel, and car reservations for attorneys and clients.
• Prepare bills monthly.  Edit and finalize bills to ensure accuracy.
• Perform a variety of administrative functions including processing new matter reports, preparing expense reports, tracking CLE credits, etc.
• Use firm applications efficiently and effectively to process work.
• Work collaboratively to meet the needs of attorneys across the firm.
• Follow up on requests made by attorneys, paralegals, and clients.
• Receive, screen, and route incoming telephone calls, conference calls, and messages to attorneys and paralegals promptly. Assist callers as appropriate in attorney’s absence.  Refer callers to other attorneys and respond to inquiries when appropriate.
• Perform other functions as requested or needed.

Qualifications and Skills 

• Three+ years of legal administrative assistance, preferably supporting an immigration or employment group.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize tasks and effectively manage multiple deadlines.
• Strong technical aptitude. Advanced Microsoft Office skills (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint) required. 
• Detail focused, ensuring the highest quality work product for the client.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to take initiative.
• Able to work independently.
• Ability to demonstrate a high degree of professionalism and interpersonal skills, including maintaining positive contact with clients, attorneys, and co-workers.
• Demonstrated ability to be a team player.  A can-do attitude.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to proofread materials for contextual, grammatical, typographical, and spelling errors.
• Must maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information with discretion.
• Ability to work more than 37.5 hours when required to complete specific projects or tasks.

This position is an in-office role in our Portland office with the possibility to work remotely up to two days per week after six months of employment, subject to satisfactory work performance.

To apply, please submit your cover letter and resume to Maria Gaetani, mgaetani@pierceatwood.com 

Job Summary

The Staff Accountant is part of the accounting team responsible for the accurate generation of firm financial data. This position is responsible for the day-to-day preparation and recording of financial transactions including but not limited to accounts payable and receivable, cost allocations, general ledger analysis and month and year-end closings in accordance with accounting principles and firm policies. 

Core Responsibilities

• Ensure the timely and accurate recording of all accounts payable and receivable transactions
• Reconcile all credit card purchases to monthly statements
• Assist in preparing monthly financial statements
• Prepare and post journal entries by maintaining files and records, and reconciling accounts
• Ensure firm policies and procedures are followed and recommend proper techniques for discovering and preventing fraud
• Process monthly standard reporting
• Train to function as a backup for other functions within the Accounting Department
• Assist in the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closing processes
• Participate in special projects as requested

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance
• A minimum of 2-3 years’ experience in accounting preferred
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Strong ability to prioritize workload in order to meet tight deadlines 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Intermediate to advanced MS Office: Outlook, Excel, Word

To apply, please submit your cover letter and resume to Maria Gaetani at mgaetani@pierceatwood.com.

Position Summary
This role supports the members of the Litigation Practice Group and coordinates all aspects of litigation matters from initial intake through final disposition. This position is based in the Portland, Maine office.     

Responsibilities

• Assist with presentations at trials, depositions, hearings, and other court proceedings.
• Attend client meetings and phone calls and prepare summaries
• Draft, proofread, and edit documents for grammatical, typographical, and spelling errors. Ability to create a Table of Contents and/or Table of Authorities as needed.
• Manage schedules, including maintaining calendar of meetings and business trips, gathering and preparing necessary materials in advance of commitments, and otherwise coordinating schedule obligations. 
• Receive, screen, and route incoming telephone calls, conference calls, and messages to attorneys, clients, and staff promptly.
• Sort, scan, and distribute incoming and outgoing mail promptly upon receipt. Open, review, and calendar pleadings and materials as directed.
• Coordinate conferences, meetings, appointments, and depositions for attorneys and clients including conference room scheduling, meals, beverages, preparing materials, and greeting clients.
• Prepare bills monthly and distribute to other attorneys for review as needed. Edit and finalize bills to ensure accuracy.
• Set up, organize, and maintain firm files in electronic and/or paper form.
• Perform a variety of administrative functions, including submitting conflict checks, processing new matter reports, drafting engagement letters, calendaring deadlines on firm’s electronic database, preparing attorney expense reimbursements, tracking attorney CLE credits and bar registrations, etc.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional work experience.
• 2+ years of administrative assistant work experience preferred.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to demonstrate a high degree of professionalism and interpersonal skills, including, maintaining positive contact with clients, attorneys, and coworkers.
• Strong technical aptitude. Intermediate Microsoft Word, Excel, Adobe, Teams, and PowerPoint skills required, with advanced skills preferred.
• Strong multitasking skills. Ability to organize and prioritize numerous tasks and complete them under time constraints.
• Ability to perform online research (for the background of a case, parties involved, individuals’ addresses, etc.).

To apply, please submit your cover letter and resume to Maria Gaetani at mgaetani@pierceatwood.com.

Pierce Atwood LLP seeks an experienced legal administrative assistant to join its Real Estate Practice Group. Applicants must have strong organizational ability, a proactive attitude, a keen focus on accuracy, and work well with colleagues. Real estate experience preferred. Position offers a collegial working environment in the Portland, Maine office of a midsized law firm based in the Northeast. This position is an in-office role in our Portland office with the possibility of working remotely from home up to two days per week after six months of employment, subject to satisfactory work performance.  To apply, please submit your cover letter and resume to Maria Gaetani, mgaetani@pierceatwood.com