Legal Assistant

About Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt:

Schwabe is a premier Northwest regional law firm serving the needs of businesses in seven key industry sectors: Technology; Healthcare and Life Sciences; Consumer Products, Manufacturing and Retail; Natural Resources; Real Estate and Construction; Ports and Maritime; and Indian Country and Alaska Native Corporations. We have offices in four states, in the cities of Portland, Bend, Salem, Seattle, Vancouver, Anchorage, and Mountain View. Schwabe has a culture based on collaboration, innovation, and a drive to help our clients achieve success.

Position Overview:

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt is seeking a full-time, Legal Assistant in our Seattle office. This role provides high-quality legal and administrative support to lawyers in the Real Estate and Natural Resources practice ‎‎area, including transactional and environmental matters, and work involving Indian tribes and/or Indian Country‎‎.

The ideal candidate will have ‎at least 3 years of related experience,‎ is detail-oriented, highly organized, and proactive, with strong document production skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Schwabe has a hybrid work policy allowing employees to work from home Monday and Friday while working in the office Tuesday through Thursday. The first 30 days will be in office Monday through Friday to ensure a smooth onboarding and integration into the firm.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide high-quality legal administrative support to lawyers and paralegals, with a strong focus on ‎document ‎‎‎editing, formatting, and proofreading to ensure accuracy and consistency‎ for a variety of legal documents such ‎as contracts, leases, amendments, license ‎agreements, checklists, ‎etc.‎
• Prepare, revise, and finalize shell legal documents with ‎attention to detail for distribution and electronic storage.‎
• Prepare documents for filing and recording.‎
• Manage calendaring for client meetings, deadlines, and internal tracking milestones‎.‎
• Maintain organized and up-to-date electronic files, and assist with file management and ‎matter opening and ‎‎‎closing. procedures in accordance with firm policies.‎
• Create and maintain project tracking spreadsheets.‎
• Communicate professionally with clients, opposing counsel, internal staff and others.‎

Requirements:

• Knowledge of transactional real estate and leasing.‎
• Experience working with Indian tribes or Indian Country preferred.‎
• Knowledge of state, federal, and other jurisdictional rules and e-filing procedures.‎
• Proficiency in word processing and redline/compare document programs.‎
• A high school diploma or GED.‎
• Proficiency with computer applications and legal technology.‎
• Exceptional organizational skills with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.‎

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt provides a team-oriented working environment, offering competitive salaries and excellent benefits including medical, dental, life, LTD, 401(k)/profit sharing, tuition reimbursement, Employee Assistance Programs, transit subsidy, paid holidays, vacation, and sick time off.

All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, disability, marital status, sexu