Legal Secretary

This is an excellent opportunity for legal professionals seeking to expand their careers who are interested in gaining fast-paced professional experience with a national law firm.
The Position
Qualifications

• Insurance Defense experience
• Time Matter Software a MUST
• Must have 2+ years experience
• Must have prior experience with State and Federal Court procedures and processes such as e-filing
• Ability to work in a team-based setting with other Legal Secretaries supporting a group of attorneys
• Open to taking on new responsibilities and challenging tasks
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to integrate into a fast-paced environment
• Excellent typing skills with proficiency in Microsoft Office 2010 (Word, Outlook, Excel)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Exceptional attention to detail

Responsibilities

• Type, edit, file and compose correspondence, including letters and legal memoranda, discovery responses, answers to complaints, demands and other related legal documents
• Transcribe dictation and/or edits handwritten documents
• E-file court filings
• Open new matters
• Document management and organization, saving to network, indexing for file room
• Prepare cover letters for attorney bills
• Input billing information into billing software
• Schedule conferences and depositions, maintain attorney calendars
• Manage bills for third party vendors, process check requests and follow up with accounting
• Perform other duties as requested or assigned