Legal Secretary / 60-70k / 4 days onsite / NYC
Key Responsibilities:
- Prepare court filings, become familiar with court rules and filing procedures
- Prepare legal filings: format documents, pull exhibits, proofread and redact documents
- E-file court filings
- Open new matters
- Document management and organization, saving to network, indexing for file room
- Retrieve court decisions
- Prepare cover letters for attorney bills
- Input billing information into billing software
- Schedule conferences and depositions, maintain attorney calendars
- Manage bills for third party vendors, process check requests and follow up with accounting
Qualifications
- Must have 3+ years Litigation experience
- Must have prior experience with litigation procedures and processes, e-filing, and creating table of authorities
- Familiarity with New York and New Jersey State and Federal court procedures and rules
- Ability to work in a team-based setting with other Legal Secretaries supporting a group of attorneys
- Open to taking on new responsibilities and challenging tasks
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to integrate into a fast-paced environment
- Excellent typing skills with proficiency in Microsoft Office 2007 (Word, Outlook, Excel)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills