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Legal Assistant

Build My Great Team, Haddonfield, NJ, United States


Legal Assistant
Haddonfield, New Jersey

Full-Time | In Office | 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM

Join a respected family-owned law firm where your organization, professionalism, and initiative help families through life’s most important decisions.

About the Firm
Price & Price, LLC has proudly served South Jersey since 1973. As a long‑standing family-owned law firm, we focus on estate planning, probate, and estate administration with a reputation for personalized service, trusted guidance, and lasting client relationships.

Our office is professional, steady‑paced, and team‑oriented. We value people who take pride in their work, support one another, and want to grow in a stable and respected environment.

About the Role
We are seeking a Legal Assistant who is organized, dependable, proactive, and ready to make a meaningful contribution to our team.

This opportunity is designed to support our paralegals and attorneys while helping keep client matters organized, accurate, and moving forward. Depending on your background and experience, this role may focus more heavily on legal support functions or administrative and client service responsibilities, with the opportunity to grow over time.

This is an excellent opportunity for either:

A motivated administrative professional who wants to build a career in the legal field

An experienced legal assistant who can step in quickly and provide higher‑level support

If you are detail‑oriented, accountable, and take pride in helping others, we would like to meet you.

What You’ll Do

Support paralegals and attorneys with bate, and estate admestate planning, proinistration matters

Maintain organized, accurate, and current client files

Communicate with clients in a warm, professional, and responsive manner

Coordinate appointments, meetings, and follow‑up tasks

Track deadlines and ensure documents and tasks remain on schedule

Manage incoming and outgoing mail, scanning, filing, and records management

Assist with client intake and front‑end administrative support as needed

Update firm systems and databases accurately

Help keep daily workflow smooth, efficient, and professional

Systems and Tools You Will Use

Microsoft Office 365

Actionstep CRM

Attorney Fuel Intake Systems

HotDocs

Prior experience with these systems is helpful but not required. We are happy to train the right candidate.

About You

Exceptional attention to detail, little gets past you

Strong sense of accountability and follow-through

Organized and able to manage multiple priorities calmly

Professional communicator, written and verbal

Positive, team‑oriented, and dependable

Proactive, you look for solutions rather than wait to be told

Comfortable handling confidential information with discretion

Eager to learn and grow professionally

Qualifications

High school diploma required, additional education is a plus

Prior law firm, administrative, client service, or professional office experience preferred

Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365

Ability to work independently while collaborating with a team

Legal experience is welcome, but not required

Compensation and Benefits

$42,000 to $50,000 for candidates with strong administrative, office, or client service experience who are ready to learn and grow

$50,000 to $62,000 for candidates with prior legal assistant, probate, estate planning, or comparable professional office experience

Medical and dental insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off, holidays, and sick leave

Why This Opportunity Stands Out

Join a respected firm with over 50 years of community trust

Work with a supportive long‑term team in a professional office environment

Gain valuable experience in estate planning and probate law

Real opportunity for growth into higher‑level responsibilities

Predictable full‑time schedule and long‑term career potential

Success in Your First 90 Days
Success in this role means learning our systems, becoming dependable in daily workflow, supporting files accurately, building trust with the team, and becoming a valued resource to our clients and legal staff.

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