Allstate is seeking a Legal Administrative Assistant to join our insurance defense legal team. In this remote role based in Houston, TX, you'll provide essential administrative support to Client Legal Services Attorneys, ensuring the smooth management of legal proceedings and gaining hands-on legal experience in a collaborative, mentorship-driven environment.
What You'll Do
- Enter and manage pleadings, motions, trial documents, and legal correspondence using the case management system.
- Support legal tasks from case assignment through file closure, including preparing letters of representation, filing entries of appearance, tracking financials, answering complaints, and corresponding with opposing counsel.
- Track trial, arbitration, and mediation dates, ensuring timely follow-ups and accurate notifications.
- Maintain communication with clients, courts, claim representatives, and opposing counsel via phone, email, and written correspondence.
- Perform mail handling, scanning, and filing; manage daily administrative duties with a high level of organization and attention to detail.
- Ensure data accuracy and compliance using the Team Connect Litigation Management System.
- Investigate and resolve administrative challenges while remaining open to feedback and learning opportunities.
What We're Looking For
- Exceptionally organized and task-oriented.
- Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
- Comfortable handling sensitive information.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and open to learning new legal systems.
- Must be in or around the Greater Houston, TX metroplex.
Nice to Have
- Legal administrative support experience in a civil law setting.
- Exposure to a legal office environment.
- High School Diploma or GED.
Technical Stack
- Microsoft Office
- Team Connect Litigation Management System
Team & Environment
You will be part of an insurance defense legal team reporting directly to Client Legal Services Attorneys. Our culture is built on collaboration, with people working together to protect families from life’s uncertainties.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation: $19.23 - $31.49 per hour
Work Mode
This is a fully remote position. Candidates must be located in or around the Houston, TX metroplex.
It is the Company’s policy to employ the best qualified individuals available for all jobs without discrimination on account of ancestry, age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual and reproductive health decision, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation.
