[Hiring] Legal Assistant @Compassion & Choices

Role Description

Compassion & Choices is seeking a Legal Assistant to support three to six attorneys in their day-to-day litigation work and maintain Compassion's Legal Digital Office. This role reports to the Director of Litigation and sits within the Legal Advocacy & Policy department. This is a full-time, remote position.

The starting salary range is $75,000–$85,000 annually. The final salary offered will be based on relevant experience, qualifications, internal equity, and organizational considerations.

This position will primarily be responsible for:

• Supporting up to six attorneys managing multiple active litigation matters, including all administrative tasks.
• Maintaining and optimizing the paperless office.
• Prioritizing competing assignments, tracking deadlines, managing complex calendars, and adjusting priorities in response to changing litigation demands.
• Anticipating attorneys’ needs, identifying potential scheduling conflicts and workflow challenges, and taking initiative to address issues before they become urgent.
• Managing up effectively by communicating priorities, identifying competing demands, providing timely status updates, and ensuring attorneys have the information and materials they need to meet their obligations.
• Providing substantive support for written and oral discovery, including drafting discovery shells and initial responses and preparing exhibits for oral depositions.
• Conducting intake and evaluation of legal requests from prospective clients, screening appropriate plaintiffs.
• Cite checking and proofreading as needed.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Maintaining electronic case files, managing litigation documents, and identifying opportunities to improve digital workflows and operational efficiency.
• Creating and maintaining research and memo archives for historical, contextual, and future use by Compassion Legal attorneys and partners.
• Creating and maintaining pleading shells, templates, and sample briefs and pleadings in an organized and accessible manner.
• Supporting organization-wide Compassion & Choices efforts as requested, including fundraising activities.

Qualifications

• A four-year degree (B.A. or B.S.) in a field related to law, medicine, or social change.
• A minimum of five years of experience in a litigation-focused legal office, law firm, or legal advocacy organization, including providing simultaneous administrative and litigation support to multiple attorneys.
• Experience supporting four or more attorneys with competing deadlines and active litigation caseloads is strongly preferred.

Requirements

• Exceptional written communication skills, including drafting, editing, and proofreading legal correspondence and litigation documents with accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret complex legal documents, including pleadings, motions, court orders, discovery requests, statutes, regulations, and judicial opinions.
• Proactive problem-solving: identifying potential problems before they affect litigation deadlines or attorney workflows.
• Independent prioritization of competing requests from multiple attorneys.
• Sound judgment in distinguishing between matters you can resolve independently and substantive legal questions that require attorney direction.
• Professionalism and discretion, including strict confidentiality of privileged and sensitive information.
• Adaptability and reliability in a fast-paced litigation environment, including when responding to urgent or unexpected developments.
• Clear, tactful communication with attorneys, clients, court personnel, colleagues, and diverse audiences.

Benefits

• Employer-shared medical and dental insurance premiums.
• Employer-paid short- and long-term disability, life, and accidental death and dismemberment insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts for medical and dependent care.
• A commuter pre-tax benefit.
• Eligibility to participate in a 401(k) with a generous 5% employer match and immediate vesting upon eligibility.
• Paid holidays.
• Paid time off.
• Personal days.

How to Apply

A current résumé and cover letter should be submitted as one PDF document. In your cover letter, please include the following:

• Explain how your personal philosophy and professional interests align with the mission of Compassion & Choices.
• Provide a brief summary of the experience, skills, and qualifications that make you a strong candidate for this position.
• Describe how your approach to collaboration and your professional values would contribute to Compassion & Choices and the work of this role.

Questions about the position may be directed to HR @ compassionandchoices.org.