07/22/2022
25 - 40 hours weekly - dependent on applicant's skills, interest and law firm needs.
Legal Secretary Duties & Responsibilities
Legal secretary's administrative duties to support attorney and the office staff:
Examples:
• Managing incoming/outgoing telephone calls. Prepare correspondence to various parties
• Type legal documents, including pleadings, motions, briefs, discovery documents, and subpoenas.
• Maintain complex docket systems to track the myriad of legal filing deadlines
• Create and populate spreadsheets
• Index and update pleadings and discovery binders
• Schedule depositions, site inspections, hearings, closings, and meetings
• Draft correspondence and routine legal documents such as deposition notices and legal invoices
Legal secretaries also assist with legal research and communicate with attorneys, experts, opposing counsel, vendors, and other staff.
Successful Applicants must:
- have working knowledge of Microsoft Office [Word/Excel, minimum];
- be able to manage multiple tasks and deadlines;
- be successful problem solving and working independently as needed to maintain project/client needs as assigned;
- be able to identify and address needed workflow improvements;
- be able to communicate with clients in various stages of the legal processes comfortably;
- understand this firm is ever changing, as are the tasks and growth opportunities for all staff members – working as a teammate toward our collective goals enables each member to reach their own.
