LEGAL SECRETARY
Legal Secretary - 9:00 to 5:00 BJA446
Location: Baltimore, MD
Awesome opportunity to join a well-run, well-established law firm as a Legal Secretary.
Multi office law firm is seeking a Legal Secretary to support 4 attorneys in their transactional finance/real estate practice area. You will handle drafting and typing of legal documents, e-file docs with the courts, work with the District courts, have client contact, answers phones, do invoices, expenses and billing and much more.
One of the attorneys is the Chairman of the department and there will be some administrative work for her. You will also provide support to a paralegal.
The attorneys are great to work for and the firm has a very supportive environment.
To be considered qualified, at least 3 years of legal experience, and MS Office. Must have e-filing experience and have worked with a document management system.
Salary is $60,000 - $65,000 with generous benefits. The salary is dependent upon experience!
The hours are 9:00 to 5:00 with paid occasional overtime. Great benefits too!
Litigation Legal Secretary - be involved in client development too, signing bonus BJA228
Location: Washington, DC
Exciting Litigation Legal Secretary position open that combines working on complex litigation cases for a group of attorneys as well as an opportunity to be involved in client development events and activities with business litigation partners.
The law firm takes pride in helping employees in their career development. The attorneys are great to work for and treat you as an equal.
Qualifications:
Strong technical/software skills. Excellent oral and written communication skills. College degree and minimum of five years related experience in a mid or large sized law firm are required.
Info:
The hours could be somewhat flexible - 8:30-5:00, 9:00-5:30, 9:30-6:00. The salary range is $70K-$90K depending on experience.
Litigation Practice Support Skills and Responsibilities:
- Supporting outstanding client service through email, telephonic and in-person communications with clients.
- Word processing, formatting and editing of litigation documents, including both civil and criminal pleadings, motions, discovery, trial materials and appellate briefs.
- Knowledge of federal and state electronic court filing procedures.
- Familiarity with and ability to learn local court rules.
- Proofreading and reviewing all written work, including correspondence, memos and court filings, for content, context, bluebooking and typos.
- Handling court filings.
- Scheduling outside vendor services, such as court reporters and expert witnesses and developing relationships with trusted service providers.
- Calculating and calendaring court deadlines.
- Management of attorneys’ client, court, and Firm administrative obligations and deadlines.
- Supporting attorneys’ participation in outside organizations and sponsorship of client development events.
Administrative Responsibilities:
- Scheduling meetings and conference rooms. Coordinating meals/refreshments for meetings.
- Assisting attorneys with compliance with firm billing and timekeeping requirements.
- Reviewing and editing client bills and ensuring conformance with client billing requirements.
- Managing conflicts checks, new client matter openings, and engagement and waiver letters.
- Managing attorneys’ travel portfolios, including making travel arrangements, maintaining travel profiles, developing cost effective travel solutions and calendaring travel.
- Answering and screening routine telephone calls per attorney instructions.
- Maintaining attorneys’ bar and professional memberships.
- Handling expense reimbursements.
- Assisting with special projects as needed.
Word Processor - need litigation experience and a 4 year degree BJA453
Location: Washington, DC
Outstanding law firm is seeking an experienced Word Processor with litigation legal experience and a 4-year degree.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
• Responsible for creating, typing, editing, transcribing, revising and proofing any work coming into the Center.
• Proofread all work produced to ensure that typographically error-free projects leave the Center.
• Ensure timeliness, quality and quantity of work produced.
• Inform attorneys if unable to meet deadlines and give estimate of completion time.
• When necessary, log incoming work into the Center.
• Creating and troubleshooting formulas in Excel.
• Creating and editing hyperlinks in Word, Excel, and Adobe.
• Editing image files
• Help to answer incoming telephone calls. Answer questions regarding project status, estimate time of completion and pickup/delivery time, and basic software support.
• Work hours 10:30 am – 6:30 pm.
Specific Requirements
Qualified candidates should have 3-5 years of extensive litigation experience and must possess a four-year undergraduate degree. Candidates must be self-motivated, have a demonstrated ability to prioritize competing demands, meet deadlines, efficiently manage tasks, and produce a high end work product in a fast paced environment. Candidates must have a very strong work ethic, attention to detail, and a professional demeanor.
Software Knowledge
• Microsoft Office Suite:
o Word (Advanced)
o Excel (Intermediate)
o PowerPoint (General)
• ScanSoft OmniPage
• Adobe (Pro and Reader)
• TextMap/LiveNote transcript management software
• Nuance
• OmniPage
• CCC Macro Pro
• FileSite/Workshare and Citation Ware
Floater Legal Secretary – no dress code, bonuses and other perks BJA431
Location: Washington, DC
Large, professional, business casual everyday law firm is seeking a Floater Secretary in their Washington, DC office. Qualified candidates must have at least two (2) years of administrative experience with one (1) year of legal secretary experience, preferably as a Floater Secretary.
Hours: Monday-Friday, 9:30am – 5:30pm
Key Responsibilities
• Assist with overflow secretarial support
• Back up secretaries who are out on leave
• Back up receptionists who are out on leave/breaks as necessary
• Make travel arrangements and maintain itineraries
• Accurately submit expense reports for domestic and international travel
• Organize and maintain client files
• Execute administrative requests
• Other duties as assigned
Specific Requirements
Ideal candidates should meet the following qualifications:
- Outstanding organizational, administrative, and communication (oral and written) skills;
- Strong work ethic, attention to detail, and self-motivation
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize, meet deadlines, efficiently multi-task and produce a high-end work product in a fast-paced environment;
- Team-oriented and professional mindset/demeanor;
- Interest in the legal field, as demonstrated in undergraduate coursework, extracurricular activities or prior jobs or internships;
- Four-year undergraduate degree strongly preferred; and
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite
Benefits
Benefits include healthcare, life and disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, a 401k and profit sharing plan, monthly transportation allowance, and more!
Legal Secretary - need 2 years of experience, bonuses and no dress code BJA678
Location: Washington, DC
Large, international law firm with a casual environment with no dress code is seeking a legal secretary to support in various practice areas including litigation.
Key Responsibilities:
· Become an integral part of the attorneys' busy litigation practice
· Manage and maintain attorneys’ schedule and calendars
· Make travel arrangements and maintain itineraries
· Accurately submit expense reports for domestic and international travel
· Assist attorneys with marketing initiatives (research, production, etc.)
· Organize and maintain client files
· Execute administrative requests
· Other duties as assigned by supervisors
Specific Requirements
Ideal candidates should meet the following qualifications:
· Outstanding organizational, administrative, and communication (oral and written) skills;
· Strong work ethic, attention to detail, and self-motivation
· Demonstrated ability to prioritize, meet deadlines, efficiently multi-task and produce a high-end work product in a fast-paced environment;
· Team-oriented and professional mindset/demeanor;
· Interest in the legal field, as demonstrated in undergraduate coursework, extracurricular activities or prior jobs or internships;
· Four-year undergraduate degree strongly preferred; and
· Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite
Salary
Non-exempt; Commensurate upon experience (up to $58k).
Benefits
Benefits include healthcare, life and disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, a 401k and profit sharing plan, monthly transportation allowance, and more!
Legal Secretary - white collar crime and SEC litigation - interesting cases BJA977
Location: Washington, DC
Exciting opportunity for you to put your litigation skills to use for attorneys that practice white collar crime and SEC litigation.
Nationwide law firm with a family friendly DC office is seeking a skilled and experienced legal secretary to support attorneys with the following responsibilities:
- Transcribe, type, draft and revise legal documents.
- Create Tables of Contents and Tables of Authorities.
- Prepare and file judicial and administrative proceedings.
- Search court databases, handle legal research and use iManage.
- Handle calendaring, billing, scheduling depositions and contacting court and SEC officials.
Qualified candidates will have 5 plus years of litigation experience. Working in commercial litigation, securities enforcement litigation, government and private investigations, white collar or other criminal defense litigation a strong plus.
The benefits are excellent and the salary is up to $70K.
The office is new and the staff and administrator are great to work with. Go to work and enjoy your time away from home!
Patent Secretary - will train, entry level BJA443
Location: Alexandria, VA
Unique opportunity for a recent college grad to learn to become a patent secretary!
Large patent and trademark law firm will teach you how to assist with the preparation of client correspondence from dictation, as well as routine general correspondence; prepare and file documents to include Powers of Attorney, Restriction and/or Election Responses, Assignments, Drawings, Provisional Applications, Divisional and Continuation Applications; Information Disclosure Statements and Related Case Lists.
The responsibilities of this position will increase steadily with the goal being to have a complete understanding of patent prosecution and firm processes and procedures in order to provide full support as needed.
Must type 60 wpm, have excellent attention to detail and the ability to work well with staff at all levels. Good verbal and written communication skills a must as well as a college degree. Some legal experience or internships highly preferred. Need knowledge of MSOffice 2007.
Legal Secretary – support two dynamic attorneys with their litigation practice BJA472
Location: Washington, DC
This small, stable law firm needs a top notch litigation legal secretary to support two Partners in their litigation practice. This is a very busy, fast paced, high volume interesting practice. You will be typing legal documents, using redline to edit documents, specific agreements and transactions, and doing pre-bills. The office is team oriented and has a great office manager to support you. To apply, please have 5 or more years of litigation experience; strong MS Office and excellent communication skills.
The firm offers a strong benefits plan, paid health, dental, life, 401K, profit sharing, 3 week’s vacation. They offer a generous salary that goes up to $75,000. Hours are 9:00 to 5:30.