Lawgena LawyersLegal Assistant's Supervisor
Jul. 2019 - May. 2022Seattle, Washington, United States• U.S. Law Firm based in Seattle, WA, working from home from Guadalajara, Mexico.
• Responsible of assuring the highest quality of work from legal assistants to the lead Attorney.
• Job duties consisted of things that went from internal management of cases and staff to direct client relationship and follow up, communication with Judges, Commissioners, court staff, other Attorneys and legal assistants, Prosecuting Attorneys, City Police Officers, Process Servers, opposing parties on the cases, etc.
• Talk to potential clients and determine if they were a good fit for the law firm; guide the client through the whole process; build a good, strong client relationship through empathy and trust, making case management easier.
• Spanish and English interpretation as needed.
• Ensure that the client appointment went as expected, and review the contract signed with the Attorney to determine strategy of the case.
• Drafting all the legal pleadings in the case, e-filing them with the court, hiring a process server if applicable, and provide updates to the clients about the case.
• Assessing and evaluating legal assistant's work, keeping track of their metrics, and providing them feedback.
• Keeping up to date with the court's changing processes (procedural changes were very constant since the start of COVID-19).
• Creating and improving company policies for the employees.
• Helped with the staff-hiring process for the firm; full system set-up and training of new employees, following up on their learning processes and employee evaluations, schedules, etc.
• Clients and witnesses’ declarations.
• Lead the legal research and find the applicable laws, court rules, statutes, etc.
• Review company's metrics and have meetings with the advertising companies.