- Receives and screens visitors and telephone calls; responds to inquiries on a variety of matters such as the status of pending cases, administrative and court rules, and appeal procedures.
- Schedules and arranges meetings and conferences and notifies interested parties.
- Handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion.
- May take or transcribe legal dictation, minutes of meetings, and taped records of conferences, settlement discussions, or interviews.
- Proofreads and corrects prepared materials for correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, format, syntax, and content.
- Inputs, retrieves, updates, and deletes information using computerized databases.
- Sorts, opens, logs, and distributes incoming mail to staff; attaches incoming correspondence to case file and related materials needed for action.
- Composes routing letters and memoranda and prepares reports using knowledge of work area instructions and guidelines.
- Serves and files legal papers.
- Prepares trial notebooks and exhibits listings for assigned attorney(s)' case presentation.
- Prepares and assembles materials, documents, and exhibits for meetings, court appearances, and hearings.
- Gathers data for surveys or performs such research on special subjects or projects.
- Assembles and summarizes information from files, newspapers, journals, documents, and other available resources for use by the supervisor, staff, and others.
- Assists with scheduling court appearances, assembles documents and exhibits, keeps check on pending cases to avoid default in filing pleadings, and maintains court dockets and diaries.
- Assists with the organization and maintenance of legal files and documents including case filed, electronic databases and paper files.
- Assist with calendar maintenance for LVD Legal Department to ensure no scheduling conflicts and to inform attorney(s) of court-imposed deadlines.
- Schedules assigned Attorney(s) calendar of activities, including making commitments for meetings, conferences, or other engagements.
- Transmits privileged legal and other information amongst staff and authorized persons.
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Legal Secretary
5 days ago
Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Watersmeet, United StatesJob Description · Job Description · The Legal Secretary position is an administrative assistant position responsible for all administrative, non-supervisory duties within the LVD Legal Department. · RESPONSIBILITIES: · At the direction of the LVD General Counsel and his or her de ...
Legal Secretary - Watersmeet, United States - Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
Description
The Legal Secretary position is an administrative assistant position responsible for all administrative, non-supervisory duties within the LVD Legal Department.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
At the direction of the LVD General Counsel and his or her designee, the primary responsibilities of the Legal Secretary include but are not limited to:
Performs complex, administrative, legal secretarial activities which may be highly confidential and sensitive, at the direction of the General Counsel and Prosecutor.