What are the responsibilities and job description for the Legal Secretary - Litigation - 3402892 position at AMS Staffing Inc.?
Job Title: Legal Secretary - Litigation
Location: La Jolla, CA 92037
Salary/Payrate: $80K-$95K (some flex) bonus and AWESOME benefits!!!
Work Environment: Onsite
Term: Permanent / Fulltime
Bachelor’s degree required: No
Referral Fee: AMS will pay $500 should the person you refer gets hired
Job Description
- Prepares and revises legal documents, correspondence, memoranda, and e-mails from written form as well as from transcription
- Assembles documents and exhibits for court filings and recordings, hearings, arbitrations, mediations, depositions or other engagements
- Proofreads prepared materials to ensure documents are free from typographical and grammatical errors and are formatted according to Firm standards
- Reads, sorts and prints incoming mail, and e-mails and distributes as appropriate
- Schedules appointments and meetings for attorneys
- Manages and maintains calendar for deadlines; ensures important dates are recorded on the master calendar
- Maintains client files and chron files
- Proficiency with utilizing computer and transcription equipment to produce legal documents, correspondence, memoranda and e-mails, as well as other office equipment such as photocopier, fax machine and postage meter
Other Duties As Needed
- Arranges for travel for attorneys including hotel, airline and transportation
- Assists in the preparation of marketing materials such as pitch folders, attorney biographies and PowerPoint presentations
- Performs all other duties as assigned
Qualifications/Requirements
- High School Diploma
- Prior litigation legal secretary experience.
- Ability to type, read, and write in order to proofread and perform initial input and revisions to legal documents, correspondence, memoranda and e-mail.
- Must have knowledge of MS Office Suite which includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Knowledge of document management systems such as IManage
- Ability to type 70 wpm
- Ability to organize and prioritize workflow for multiple attorneys
- Interpersonal skills to communicate verbally, in writing and by telephone in a professional manner with clients, attorneys, vendors and staff
- Ability to operate office equipment such as computer, transcription equipment, fax machine and advanced functions on photocopiers
Salary : $80,000 - $95,000
