Whitney, Thompson & Jeffcoach, LLP, is hiring a legal secretary to assist our team’s busy litigation attorneys. The candidates must have excellent word processing skills and be proficient in formatting, typing, preparing, and e-filing federal and state pleadings, calendaring, and maintaining paperless files. High-quality work is a must.

Requirements:

• At least three years of secretarial and/or paralegal litigation experience is a must
• Attention to detail
• Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team
• Must possess a high degree of technical proficiency in Microsoft Office (Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint), and be able to work well in a paperless environment

Responsibilities:

• Proofreading and redlining work for accuracy, format, grammar, and punctuation
• Experience and comfort without supervision needed in preparing legal documents for filing and service with courts and opposing counsel
• Maintaining schedules/calendaring
• Assisting with trial preparation
• Performing secretarial functions associated with firm administrative tasks, including transcribing dictations, maintaining paperless litigation files, processing new client/matter requests, client bills, time reports and expense reports
• Completing other job duties as assigned

The position is paid between $25 to $37/hour depending on experience. Resume submissions can be emailed to kmarshall@wtjlaw.com. All submissions will be treated as confidential.