Legal Assistant 5+ Years
100% On-site in Houston, Tx
Our client is seeking an energetic and reliable Legal Secretary to join a busy litigation team. The ideal candidate is reliable, energetic, and personable, with 8+ years of litigation experience.
Responsibilities:
- Drafting and typing various types of documents, including correspondence, pleadings, memoranda, and other such documents specific to the litigation practice area.
- Proofreading and redlining work for accuracy, format, grammar, and punctuation.
- Prepare e-filings and court pleadings in federal and local courts. Must know court rules, procedures, and calendaring requirements.
- Schedules/calendars appointments such as depositions, document productions, client meetings, trials, court hearings and appearances; coordinate travel arrangements as necessary.
- Transcribe dictation tapes, handwritten copy and telephone dictation using court and agency formatting as needed.
- Open new client/matter files, request conflict checks and maintain all client files.
- Handle billing process, time entry and billing memos. Ensure timekeepers time entry is closed in a timely manner.
- Perform secretarial functions associated with firm administrative tasks, including processing new client/matter requests, client bills, time reports and expense reports.
- Self-starter with the ability to work independently.