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Executive Legal Assistant

United States, Baton Rouge Employment contract · Job Posted May 13, 2026
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Job Description

The Executive Legal Assistant provides high-level, confidential administrative support to general counsel, or executive leadership. This role acts as a strategic partner to the executive, managing complex calendars, facilitating client communications, and overseeing legal documentation.

Job Responsibility

  • Researches and analyzes record requests from third parties, to determine validity of inquiry and prepare initial draft of appropriate response with guidance from management
  • Reads, reviews, understands, organizes, redacts, and produces records in response to requests in accordance with applicable privacy laws and regulations
  • Researches corporate systems and document repositories to locate relevant information and documents responsive to request
  • Maintains case files, charts, databases, and tables to track pertinent operational and legal information related to assigned matters, and to ensure accurate and efficient information retrieval of documents/data as well as timely completion of case related activities
  • Communicates with requestor and internal personnel to facilitate progress of response to request
  • Assists, as needed and assigned, with other legal support matters

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of administrative support experience, preferably in the insurance industry and legal industry
  • Paralegal experience is preferred
  • 3 years experience with the legal process with the ability to analyze and interpret legal documentation and how it relates to and affects the company
  • 3 years experience using Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Teams, etc.) and eDiscovery software

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