Corporate and Employee Benefits Legal Assistant - Troy or Ann Arbor, Michigan

10.16.2026

LOCATION: Troy or Ann Arbor, Michigan

JOB SUMMARY:

The Legal Assistant provides administrative and substantive legal support to attorneys and paralegals in the Corporate and Real Estate Practice Departments, as well as employee benefits attorneys within the Labor and Employment Practice Department. Responsibilities include preparing and maintaining corporate and employee benefits documents and files, assisting with corporate filings and registrations, maintaining digital minute books, assembling transaction and closing binders, and coordinating benefit plan materials and filings.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Open and maintain digital legal files according to accepted legal practices and Firm policy.
• Provide client matter management assistance.
• Compose a variety of correspondence and draft corporate/real estate legal documents.
• Manage client data rooms.

• Maintain corporate organizational charts, entity lists, and related corporate records.
• Maintain attorney calendar by planning and scheduling conferences, teleconferences, and travel.

• Document and input attorney reimbursable expenses and assist attorney(s) with client billing.

• Provide administrative and document support for employee benefit plan matters, including retirement, health and welfare, and executive compensation matters.
• Prepare, format, proofread, revise, organize, and maintain benefit plan documents and records, including amendments, summary plan descriptions, resolutions, filings, participant communications, presentations, and related materials.
• Assist with assembling documents and information for benefit plan filings, audits, compliance reviews, due diligence, and client requests.
• Track filing dates, reporting requirements, renewal dates, and other matter-specific deadlines.
• Coordinate signatures, electronic filings, document distributions, and communications with clients, third-party administrators, recordkeepers, consultants, and other service providers.
• Assist with employee benefits due diligence and document organization in connection with corporate transactions.
• Assist with transaction closings, including coordinating signatures, tracking closing documents, and preparing electronic closing binders.
• Support attorneys with seminar materials, client alerts, presentations, and benefit-related client communications.

• Maintain client confidence by keeping attorney/client information confidential.

• Perform other duties as assigned within the scope of the job classification.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and professionally.
• Strong proofreading, grammar, editing, document-management, organizational, and issue-spotting skills.
• Responsible, detail-oriented, and able to exercise initiative and solve problems effectively.
• Exercise sound judgment and appropriately prioritize or escalate issues.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications, including Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint, as well as Adobe Acrobat; ability to learn new legal technology and document-management systems.
• Ability to produce accurate, high-quality work efficiently and consistently.
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision. 
• Ability to interact professionally with attorneys, employees, clients, referral sources, service providers, and other professional advisors.

• Ability to learn new skills and systems quickly.

• Familiarity with benefit plan documents, government filings, and employee benefit terminology is preferred.
• Ability to manage work across multiple practice areas and balance competing priorities and deadlines.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND/OR TRAINING:

• Minimum five years of relevant legal support work.
• Experience supporting employee benefits, ERISA, executive compensation, or tax attorneys is preferred.

To submit your resume or for more information regarding this career opportunity, please contact recruiting@butzel.com.