Our Williamsport team is growing! We are looking for a legal assistant that will perform a variety of tasks to assist our clients while also delivering high-quality services to staff members. This role will regularly prioritize, manage and follow through on multiple tasks while communicating effectively, courteously, and professionally with clients and staff members.

Prior legal background is not required. All new employees receive on-the-job training.

$17 - $19 hourly

• Assist clients or potential clients with scheduling appointments or initial consultations, while providing great customer service.
• Organize and maintain the calendars for various staff members to ensure all appointments are correctly and promptly added.
• Prepare and proofread correspondence.
• Perform a triage telephone call with new clients to gather information prior to their appointment with our office, in accordance with firm policies and procedures.
• Organize, maintain and search for hard copies and electronic files as requested.
• Answer phone calls, direct callers to appropriate staff member and/or e-mail appropriate staff member a message related to the call.
• Record documents at counties’ courthouses as well as at the Department of State, and IRS, as needed.
• Attend appointments with the attorneys and interact with clients and referral sources serving as witness and/or notary during signing appointments.
• Perform general operational tasks like copying, scanning, mailings, and postage, assisting drop-in clients, filing paperwork, handling voice mail messages, etc.
• Work to make client satisfaction a top priority, finding quick resolutions to client complaints and concerns.

• Associate’s degree, or some college is preferred; high school diploma or equivalent is necessary
• Ability to comfortably use Microsoft Office products (especially Word and Outlook)
• Must be able to type at least 50 WPM
• Proven ability to handle high-volume workloads
• Professional written, telephone, and interpersonal skills
• Maintain punctuality with all tasks and responsibilities

We are an elder care and special needs law firm with locations in Williamsport, State College, and Wyalusing, PA. We provide protection in times of prosperity, security in times of uncertainty, and comfort in times of crisis.

At Steinbacher, Goodall & Yurchak, our commitment to a solutions-oriented work environment is realized through teams that are bound by mutual respect and accountability and who strive for continuous learning and growth.

The vision of the Firm is to provide our clients with an individual and unique plan to protect their assets for future generations while providing for their immediate and future needs. At Steinbacher, Goodall & Yurchak, clients are served by a team of attorneys, social workers, and legal assistants who dedicate their professional lives, day in and day out, to finding the answers to client questions. We will give our clients peace of mind that comes from knowing that they have prepared for the inevitabilities of life.