The New York State Unified Court System is seeking a
Secretary to serve in the Appellate Division, Fourth Department Mengal Hygiene Legal Service in Buffalo, NY. Secretaries provide personal and confidential secretarial services and perform other related duties for the following individual, non-judicial administrators.
Key Responsibilities:- Providing support for attorneys in litigation-intensive assignments pursuant to the Mental Hygiene Law.
- Typing draft pleadings and other documents for attorney review.
- Assisting in finalizing motions and pleadings for submission to trial courts.
- Assisting in scheduling adjournments and other communications.
- Organizing discovery documents.
- Preparing trial books.
- Processing requests for payment of services involving expert witnesses, travel expenses, and transcripts.
- Scanning, saving, and filing documents.
Qualifications: High School diploma or the equivalent and two (2) years of general or legal secretarial experience;
or Satisfactory completion of a certified business or commercial course beyond the high school level including course work in legal stenography and one (1) year of general or legal secretarial experience;
or An equivalent combination of education and experience. Secretaries must have the ability to type finished documents at the rate of forty-five (45) words per minute. Familiarity with Microsoft Outlook, WordPerfect X3, MSWord, Excel and Adobe/Foxit (PDF) is desirable.
Base Salary: $51,923
Please view the full job announcement at: 54512.pdf