Family Law Legal Secretary

Offit Kurman, a growing full-service law firm, is currently seeking a Family Law Legal Administrative Assistant to join its Bethesda, MD office. Candidates must possess three or more years of successful administrative support working as a legal administrative assistant or Legal Secretary in a Family Law practice.

Job Responsibilities:

Primary administrative responsibilities: Scheduling client meetings, managing calendars for hearing dates and court deadlines, opening new client files, letters of correspondence, regular client and court telephone & email communication, filing in Maryland jurisdictions, credit card coding and other internal processes.

Practice group responsibilities include:

• Revising pleadings, discovery, motions, subpoenas, deposition notices and other legal documents.

• Understanding of state and federal filing/e-filing policies and procedures.

• Performing a variety of document productions tasks, reviewing productions electronically, bates-stamping, redactions, creating trial binders and indexing.

• Performing a variety of projects independently and as assigned.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Exercise knowledge of motions, discovery, evidence, litigation documentation, court rules and procedures, practices.
• Highly organized with ability to juggle multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office 2017 (Outlook, Word, Excel and Teams).
• Ability to complete tasks/projects efficiently and with strong attention to detail.
• Understanding of MD Family Law litigation procedures and general commercial litigation.
• Understanding of state and federal e-filing policies and procedures.

Offit Kurman is one of the fastest-growing, full-service law firms in the United States. Offit Kurman offers a collegial, comfortable, and professional work environment, as well as competitive salary and benefits, to include Paid Time Off and 401(k) matching. We are a proud EEO employer and we are committed to a diverse workforce.

Please note that the base salary range is a guideline, and individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level and competencies.