Legal Practice Assistant

Vedder's Chicago office is seeking a Legal Practice Assistant. The Legal Practice Assistant provides support to transactional attorneys and paralegals in the firm’s Finance & Transactions practice group resulting in a high level of client service; document processing and editing; managing extensive and detailed travel arrangements; high volume processing of new business intake; preparing and submitting attorney expenses; inputting attorney time entries; handling extensive and intricate client billing; responding to client inquiries via phone and email; arranging meetings and conferences for internal groups and related to business development activities; coordinating calendars; monitoring incoming mail, faxes and e-mails; maintaining and updating client files and other tasks.