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- Prepares all legal documents, correspondence, memoranda, drafts, and other legal documents from written and oral drafts or dictation; drafts standard correspondence, and other documents.
- Performs court required electronic filing.
- Reviews completed assigned tasks and document production to check for errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, formatting, and legal case sighting for correctness.
- Drafts/types complaints and answers, routine notices, affidavits, motions and petitions, contracts, and closing documents when applicable.
- Establishes, organizes, and maintains attorney trial notebooks, expert witness notebooks, document indexes, reports, and lists, when applicable.
- Establishes and maintains calendar and deadline reminder system; utilizes calendar system as required per assigned attorney; reviews weekly motion docket and monthly trial docket; assists in scheduling meetings and depositions.
- Opens new files, completes, and submits conflict of interest report requests.
- Completes new matter request forms and submits to billing department.
- Make appointments for attorney(s) as requested; make travel arrangements for attorney(s), as requested.
- Processes bills; proofs work in process; reviews and edits work in process in preparation for billing.
- Ensures that attorney time sheets are entered into the time and billing system.
- 3-4 years as a Legal Secretary, preferably with Litigation experience
- Familiar with legal forms, document formats, printing requirements, and online legal research sites.
- Ability to transcribe legal documents, correspondence and reports from rough draft or dictation at a level of 70 wpm.
- Ability to organize and prioritize numerous tasks and complete them under time constraints.
- Interpersonal skills to communicate in person, by e-mail, and telephone to provide information with ordinary courtesy and tact.
- $ $29.00 hourly based on experience
- Firm provided medical coverage with a Firm contribution to the premium.
- Firm provided dental and vision coverage with a Firm contribution to the premium.
- Firm paid life, short term, and long term disability insurance.
- Eleven paid holidays annually.
- Vacation, sick, and personal time.
- 7.5% Firm 401(k) contribution.
- Firm paid parking