Legal Secretary/Temporary
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Hourly Rate: $25.00 -$30.00
J&R Ross Agency, LLC, a professional legal recruiting firm, is seeking a Temporary Legal Secretary to join an established rapidly growing law firm. This temporary role has potential to become permanent and is a perfect fit for a Legal Secretary who is interested in joining an established law firm with a host of growth opportunities.
Qualifications
- Must have 5+ years Litigation experience
- This position is not a remote position and will require you to be in office
- Knowledge of litigation (e-filings) and trial procedures, and federal and state court procedures and rules
- Must know Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Outlook, Excel)
- Experience working with a document management system
- Strong interpersonal relationship skill
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to integrate into a fast-paced environment
- Ability to prioritize and work independently
- Work well under pressure, remain flexible, be proactive, resourceful and efficient
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Responsibilities
- Prepare pleadings and discovery documents for filing and service
- Schedule depositions with attorneys, clients, witnesses, and court reporters
- Schedule conference calls and on-site/off-site meetings
- Arrange and coordinate travel arrangements
- Calendar depositions, hearings, trials and all associated dates.
- Manage Outlook calendar of all appointments, conferences and meetings
- Open new matters, run conflict checks for partner’s review, prepare engagement letters
- Document management and organization, saving documents and emails to document management system.
- Become familiar with court rules and filing procedures
- Prepare cover letters for attorney bills
- Submit attorneys expense reports
- Manage bills for third party vendors, process check requests and follow up with accounting
- Excellent spelling, grammar and punctuation
Successful candidates will be self-motivated and able to prioritize, have a high level of organizational skills and possess a strong work ethic. This is truly a team environment and your legal knowledge, skills and reliability will be rewarded here! Employees are offered a generous benefits package and work with a great team.