Legal Assistant
Posted on: 24 Oct 2025
Petaluma, CA
Job Description
Description
A well-respected civil litigation firm in Petaluma is seeking a Legal Assistant to perform a hybrid mix of legal secretary and paralegal duties supporting its personal injury and employment litigation practice. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced litigation professional seeking a flexible, family-friendly schedule with a firm that values work-life balance. The team offers adjustable start and end times to accommodate personal commitments such as school drop-offs, pick-ups, or other scheduling needs—while maintaining a consistent, full-time onsite presence.
Key Responsibilities:
• Provide hands-on litigation support for personal injury and employment matters, including drafting and formatting pleadings, discovery requests/responses, and trial documents.
• Manage case calendars and deadlines using Clio and integrated court rules, ensuring accuracy and timeliness in filings.
• Organize and maintain electronic case files, correspondence, and discovery materials.
• Coordinate with clients for document collection, follow-ups, and updates.
• Assist with trial preparation, including organizing exhibits, witness lists, and binders.
• Conduct light legal research and cite-checking for employment cases as needed.
• Support attorneys with general administrative and secretarial tasks, such as filing, e-filing, and preparing correspondence.
Requirements
Qualifications:
• 2+ years of civil litigation experience (plaintiff-side experience preferred, but defense candidates welcome).
• Familiarity with personal injury and employment law matters.
• Strong working knowledge of court procedures, calendaring, and discovery rules.
• Proficiency with Clio and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Exceptional attention to detail, organization, and follow-through.
• Must be dependable and able to work onsite 5 days per week (no remote option).
• Full-time role with flexible scheduling to support work-life balance.
Robert Half
Menlo Park, CA
Founded in 1948, Robert Half pioneered the concept of professional staffing services. Today, we offer businesses a full spectrum of specialized staffing and consulting solutions. We also help candidates find career opportunities where they can fit and thrive. Once again, Robert Half was named first in our industry on FORTUNE magazine’s list of “World's Most Admired Companies®” (February 2019). Robert Half was selected for Bloomberg’s 2019 Gender-Equality Index, is featured on Barron’s list of the “100 Most Sustainable U.S. Companies,” is among Forbes’ “Best Employers for Diversity 2019” and was named one of “America’s Most Trustworthy Public Companies” by Bright Governance Consulting, LLC. The company is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: RHI) and is a member of the S&P 500 index.
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