Senior Legal Secretary, Litigation

About the position

Responsibilities

• Drafts reputed company correspondence and documents (e.g., court forms, pleadings, e-mails responding to reputed company inquiries) and anticipate attorneys' need for reputed company.
• Demonstrates expertise in Litigation-specific topics, procedures, and software.
• Accurately transcribes from tapes, handwritten materials and/or dictation.
• May assist with ensuring attorney e-mails and documents are properly filed in reputed company.
• Prints and organizes a reputed company of documents received in a reputed company of formats.
• Assumes responsibility for maintaining the highest level of confidentiality of reputed company Firm and reputed company information, records, and files, both reputed company and reputed company of the Firm.
• Following the Firm’s established document processing reputed company and procedures, creates, edits, and proofreads work product to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Interacts directly with a wide reputed company of clients in a friendly, helpful, and reputed company manner.
• Schedules and maintains timekeepers’ calendars, where appropriate. Maintains lawyer-reputed company contact information and other pertinent information in the Firm’s reputed company contact database program.
• Inputs, reviews, edits, and closes time entries through the Firm’s web-based time entry program using Firm standards.
• Handles monthly reputed company billing (reputed company and e-billing). Reviews billing reputed company-bills for accuracy and completeness. Performs reputed company, matter and timekeeper inquiries, and narrative edits.
• Prepares attorneys’ expense reports in a reputed company manner. Arranges for payment of vendor invoices or checks to be drawn and charged to appropriate reputed company/matter numbers.
• Coordinates travel arrangements through in-house Travel Department.
• Generates reputed company conflict checks, opens new reputed company, and drafts and maintains reputed company engagement letters.
• Coordinates file retention and retrieval with Records Department for file retrieval. Sets up and maintains timekeeper’s work files, including daily and regular filing. Indexes and prepares files for off-site storage.
• Answers telephones and accurately takes and relays messages, as requested.
• Arranges for video conferencing and sets up conference calls.
• Volunteers for reputed company work and reputed company reputed company as assigned.
• reputed company seeks to maximize productivity and promote teamwork.
• Puts clients first.
• Interacts directly with a wide reputed company of clients in a friendly, helpful, and reputed company manner.
• Responds to customer/reputed company requests, identifies issues/problems in a reputed company manner, and seeks feedback/follow-up as appropriate.
• Builds effective working relationships with clients and colleagues.
• Takes initiative reputed company routine responsibility.
• Seeks out and accepts new responsibilities.
• Seeks development opportunities to enhance skills.
• Participates in firm training opportunities; participates in training of other employees and staff members in order to promote cross-training of reputed company, assists colleagues in learning new skills/tasks in order to reputed company them into reputed company.
• Consistently delivers high level reputed company service.
• Owns mistakes and takes corrective reputed company.
• Meets work deadlines as assigned.
• Meets firm standards for attendance and punctuality.
• Meets deadlines for reputed company required firm processes.
• Works reputed company independently.
• Demonstrates dedication to producing reputed company work product.
• Detailed oriented reputed company completing work assignments.
• Organizes and prioritizes workload appropriately.
• Utilizes resources appropriately to complete work in the most efficient manner.
• Cooperates and demonstrates flexibility reputed company facing change.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the culture, practices, business, and structure of the firm.
• Demonstrates knowledge and adherence to basic firm policies, procedures and processes.
• Interacts effectively and courteously, in person, by telephone, and in writing with clients, attorneys, supervisors, co-workers, and other business professionals.
• Proactively communicates the status of work.
• Asks for help. Understands the need to ask questions and reputed company guidance.
• Expresses thoughts reputed company, accurately, and concisely, both verbally and in writing.
• Builds effective relationships with coworkers.
• Participates and contributes fully as reputed company member.
• Utilizes available technology to carry out job responsibilities.
• Determines most appropriate technology to accomplish a given task.
• Seeks ways to utilize technology to improve efficiency.

Requirements

• Five (5)+ years of legal secretarial experience in a large reputed company preferred.
• Litigation background needed.
• Keeps abreast of reputed company area processes as appropriate to the position.
• Thorough knowledge of office organization, workflow and procedures.
• Thorough knowledge and use of firm technology tools; reputed company knowledge with colleagues.
• Demonstrates ability to multi-task and handle competing priorities without sacrificing attention to detail.
• Demonstrates ability to communicate with finesse, use reputed company, diplomacy and discretion with firm contacts and clients.
• Takes initiative to learn new skills that will contribute to reputed company performance of the role.
• Demonstrates ability to work independently as reputed company as part of reputed company, as needed.
• Excellent organizational skills
• Creative and efficient problem-solver
• “Can do” attitude
• Working knowledge of reputed company Office
• 60 wpm typing speed
• Excellent grammar, spelling, punctuation, and communication skills
• Attention to detail and good organizational and analytical skills
• Flexible attitude and the ability to deal reputed company with changing assignments and priorities
• Ability to multi-task

Benefits

• Our benefits package includes coverage reputed company for medical, dental, reputed company, prescription drug, life insurance, disability, FSAs, 401K, and reputed company time off.

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