The board
- Hours
- Full time
- Where
- San Francisco
- Posted
- Sep 28
Job Description Summary:
Fenwick is seeking a Litigation Legal Practice Assistant in our San Francisco, CA office. The role of a Legal Practice Assistant is to perform a variety of secretarial and administrative tasks to support assigned attorneys and paralegals by providing exceptional customer service and support while consistently producing a high volume and quality work product to meet the needs of the Firm and its clients.
This position offers a hybrid schedule and requires three days on-site with the possibility of additional required in-office days depending on business and client needs.
What you'd do
- Maintain and foster positive and collaborative working relationships with assigned Practice Group Partners/Associates/Paralegals, Firm clients, Administrative Departments, and external vendors.
- Responsible for producing high quality and error free work product in a timely manner.
- Develop a comprehensive understanding of efficiencies and teamwork with the local and firmwide secretarial teams.
- Responsible for effectively collaborating within the secretarial team to ensure the assigned attorneys and paralegals are being supported with an eye towards superior client services.
- Shared responsibility for coverage of attorneys and paralegals.
- Initiating document setup for cases, including Civil Coversheet, Summons and Complaint, along with Corporate Disclosure Statement
- Prepare, file and serve Answer to Complaint
- Arrange for service via a Process Server.
- Demonstrate proficiency in handling State, Federal, and Appellate ECF sealed and public filings along with a robust understanding of court rules, local rules, and calendaring needs utilized by courts relevant to attorney’s litigation practice.
- Starts
- 2026-09-28