Tax & Estates Paralegal Position
Richards, Layton & Finger, Delaware’s largest law firm, seeks an experienced full-time paralegal to join its Tax & Estate Planning Group in Wilmington, Delaware. Candidates should have a college degree, paralegal certificate and/or two (2) or more years work experience as a paralegal in the area of estate administration or trust administration along with:
- Demonstrated written and oral communication skills;
- Strong work ethic, organizational skills and attention to detail;
- Ability to prioritize and complete simultaneous projects; and
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Excel.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively with attorneys to ensure our clients receive outstanding service and attention.
The following additional skills are preferred but not required:
- Experience with preparation of Delaware probate documents;
- Experience with the preparation of federal estate, fiduciary and gift tax returns;
- Accounting experience; and
- Proficiency with tax return preparation software.
Required education:
Required experience:
- Paralegal: 2 years
- Microsoft Office: 2 years
Temporary COVID-19 Specifications:
- The Firm follows cleaning and social distancing protocols recommended by public health authorities and provides Personal Protective Equipment.
- Employees are required to consent to daily screening.
- The Firm requires all employees to be vaccinated.
If you have a strong customer service and team philosophy and a dedication to your work, we want to hear from you today! Please send your cover letter and resume to Admincareers@rlf.com.
General Litigation Legal Secretary (Legal Administrative Assistant)
Richards, Layton & Finger seeks a full-time General Litigation Legal Secretary to support four (4) general litigation attorneys.
Qualifications include:
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and strong typing skills (60 wpm)
- Legal secretary, litigation & e-filing (File & Serve and CM/ECF) experience preferred
- Excellent communication, written and verbal skills, positive attitude, dependability, flexibility, good judgment & initiative, professional
- Strong organizational skills, ability to manage multiple tasks
- The ability to meet deadlines, handle a high volume of work timely and accurately
- The ability to work in a team environment
- Commitment to excellence
Temporary COVID-19 Specifications:
- The Firm follows cleaning and social distancing protocols recommended by public health authorities and provides Personal Protective Equipment.
- Employees are required to consent to daily screening.
- The Firm requires all employees to be vaccinated.
If you have a strong customer service and team philosophy and a dedication to your work, we want to hear from you today! Please send your cover letter and resume to Admincareers@rlf.com. EOE.
Litigation Paralegal
Richards, Layton & Finger, Delaware’s largest law firm, seeks an exceptional paralegal to join its Litigation Team in Wilmington, DE. The standard hours for this position are 9:30-6:00 and require flexibility. This position’s responsibilities would include:
- Working collaboratively with attorneys and other staff to ensure our clients and co-counsel receive outstanding service and attention;
- Assisting the Corporate and General Litigation Departments at every stage of the litigation process, including the preparation, management and organization of documents and filings, and deposition and trial logistics;
- Flexibility to travel and assist clients, attorneys and staff during trials and hearings; and
- Must be flexible in work routine and work overtime as needed;
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
- Knowledgeable in litigation, automated support systems and cite-checking;
- Knowledge of Delaware’s State Courts and District Court;
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office;
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail;
- Ability to deal with interruptions and multiple pressures;
- Excellent communication, written and verbal skills, positive attitude, dependability, good judgment & initiative;
- Ability to work in a team environment;
- Litigation and E-filing (File & Serve and CM/ECF) experience preferred;
- Commitment to excellence;
- Associates degree or paralegal certificate; and
- 2 years’ experience in a paralegal role.
Temporary Covid-19 Specifications:
- The Firm follows cleaning and social distancing protocols recommended by public health authorities and provides Personal Protective Equipment.
- Employees are required to consent to daily screening.
- The Firm requires all employees to be vaccinated.
If you have a strong customer service and team philosophy and a dedication to your work, we want to hear from you today! Please send your cover letter and resume to Admincareers@rlf.com
Director of Conflicts and New Business Intake
Richards, Layton & Finger, Delaware’s largest law firm, seeks an experienced attorney to manage the firm’s conflicts and new business intake functions in Wilmington, DE. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the conflicts, new business intake and due diligence teams.
Responsibilities:
- Manage the conflicts, new business intake and due diligence teams, systems, and processes, ensuring potential conflicts are quickly and accurately identified and resolved and conflicts are cleared for new matters, new clients, and lateral attorneys.
- Provide leadership and facilitate departmental team building and training.
- Review, assess, recommend, and communicate improvements to conflicts and new business intake processes, procedures, and policies.
- Work with General Counsel on issues relating to conflicts of interest and due diligence; provide support through the regular review and identification of potential issues under client Outside Counsel Guidelines.
- Oversee the firm’s IntAppWalls database; train firm users on IntApp Conflicts and New Business Intake applications and continuously develop the firm’s use of these systems.
- Supervise the operation and maintenance of the firm’s restricted list database.
- Have expertise on conflicts rules and approaches in specific practice areas and possess, maintain and develop knowledge of conflicts rules in the firm’s jurisdiction.
- Available for urgent work projects including evenings and weekends; provide 24/7 access via mobile device; perform conflicts searches and due diligence research when needed.
Qualifications:
- Juris Doctorate (J.D.) required with a minimum of 5 years of related work experience.
- Ability to work independently while using sound business judgment, initiative, and discretion.
- Ability to handle multiple complex situations, prioritize, plan, adapt quickly to changes in workflow and multi-task work activities in a high-pressure environment.
- Detail oriented with the ability to interpret, analyze, summarize, and articulate information and recommendations.
- Ability to apply both logical and common sense understanding to carry out a variety of instructions furnished in written, verbal, and diagram forms.
- Demonstrated ability to maintain confidential and sensitive data.
- Innovative leader with the ability to motivate and manage team members.
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills and the ability to work with all levels of firm personnel with tact and diplomacy.
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and projects.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and iManage.
- Knowledge of IntApp conflicts/intake systems, and the ability to develop and manage advanced functions and workflow processes.
Working Conditions:
- Normal office environment with little exposure to excessive noise, dust, temperature and the like.
Temporary Covid-19 Specification:
- The Firm follows cleaning and social distancing protocols recommended by public health authorities and provides Personal Protective Equipment.
- The Firm requires all employees to be vaccinated.
Interested applicants can apply to this position by sending a resume to: Admincareers@rlf.com
Evening Word Processor/Legal Secretary (2 available positions)
Richards, Layton & Finger seeks a full-time Evening Word Processor/Legal Secretary to work a hybrid schedule (1 to 2 evenings per week in the office on a rotating schedule).
- Position 1 – Hours 3:00pm-10:30pm, Monday through Friday
- Position 2 – Hours 4:00pm-11:30pm, Monday through Friday
Qualifications include:
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and strong typing skills (60 wpm)
- Legal secretary, litigation & e-filing (File & Serve and CM/ECF) experience preferred
- Excellent communication, written and verbal skills, positive attitude, dependability, flexibility, good judgment & initiative, professional
- Strong organizational skills, ability to manage multiple tasks
- The ability to meet deadlines, handle a high volume of work timely and accurately
- The ability to work in a team environment
- Excellent customer service
- Commitment to excellence
Temporary COVID-19 Specification:
- The Firm follows cleaning and social distancing protocols recommended by public health authorities and provides Personal Protective Equipment.
- Employees are required to consent to daily screening.
- The Firm requires all employees to be vaccinated.
If you have a strong customer service and team philosophy and a dedication to your work, we want to hear from you today! Please send your cover letter and resume to Admincareers@rlf.com. EOE
