Legal Assistant - Litigation

Verrill is seeking a Legal Assistant to join our Litigation Practice Group in our Boston Massachusetts office. As one of New England’s leading full-service law firms, Verrill offers the opportunity to do meaningful work alongside exceptional colleagues in a collaborative, supportive, and professional environment. We are committed to attracting talented individuals who are dedicated to excellence, client service, and continuous growth and development in their careers.

Position Overview and Responsibilities

This role is a full-time, hourly position supporting attorneys in our Litigation Practice Group. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Typing, transcribing, revising, formatting, proofreading, and filing pleadings, motions, briefs, discovery, and correspondence.
• Performing electronic court filings (eFiling) and maintaining accurate docketing systems.
• Coordinating calendars and tracking court dates, deadlines, and other critical dates.
• Coordinating discovery, including document production, deposition preparation, and subpoenas.
• Supporting trial preparation, including exhibits, witness materials, and hearing/trial binders.
• Coordinating depositions, hearings, mediations, arbitrations, and trials.
• Organizing and maintaining both electronic and paper case files and large volumes of litigation materials.
• Serving as a primary point of contact for clients, emails, and correspondence.
• Managing attorney calendars, travel, expenses, and other administrative needs.
• Managing billing and time-entry processes.
• Conducting general research.
• Responding promptly and professionally to attorneys, clients, and colleagues.
• Successfully managing multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Experience and Qualifications

• Experience as a Litigation Legal Assistant or in a comparable litigation support role, preferably within a law firm environment.
• Demonstrated experience supporting attorneys throughout the litigation process, including case initiation, discovery, depositions, motions practice, hearings, trial preparation, and case closure.
• Working knowledge of state and federal court procedures, filing requirements, and electronic filing systems, with the ability to independently prepare and submit filings.
• Demonstrated experience with Massachusetts Superior Court Rule 9A procedures, including preparing, organizing, and filing Rule 9A motion packages and ensuring compliance with applicable filing requirements and deadlines.
• Experience preparing, formatting, proofreading, and finalizing pleadings, motions, briefs, discovery materials, correspondence, and other legal documents with a high degree of accuracy.
• Strong experience managing litigation calendars, court deadlines, docketing requirements, and attorney schedules, with the ability to anticipate upcoming deadlines and priorities.
• Experience assisting with discovery and document production, including organizing case materials, preparing exhibits, coordinating subpoenas, and supporting deposition preparation.
• Ability to assist with hearing and trial preparation, including organizing exhibits, preparing binders, coordinating logistics, and maintaining case materials.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft 365 applications, particularly Word, Outlook, and Excel; experience with document management, time entry, and legal technology platforms is strongly preferred.
• Excellent organizational, proofreading, written communication, and attention-to-detail skills, particularly when working with complex legal documents and deadline-sensitive matters.
• Ability to manage multiple matters and competing priorities, exercise sound judgment, and work effectively in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to interact professionally with attorneys, clients, court personnel, opposing counsel, and outside vendors.
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion and professionalism.
• A collaborative, team-oriented approach and willingness to provide support across the Litigation practice as priorities and workload require.

Compensation and Benefits

The anticipated hourly range for this position is $40.00 - $46.00. Based on a 37.5-hour workweek, the estimated annualized salary range is $78,000 to $89,700. This is Verrill’s good faith estimate of the compensation for the position at the time of this posting for the indicated location. Final base compensation will be determined by several factors including, but not limited to skills, experience, job-related qualifications, and other market factors. This range represents only one component of a comprehensive compensation and benefits package at Verrill.

Verrill is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applicants from all cultures, races, colors, religions, sexes, national or regional origins, ages, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, protected veteran status, and other statuses protected by law.

Applications will be reviewed in the order they are received, and the position will remain open until filled. If you need assistance with the application process, please reach out to the Talent Acquisition Team.