Location
San Diego, CA | United States
Job description
Eastridge Workforce Solutions is partnering with a renown law firm in San Diego, CA, in its search for a Legal Secretary, who will work with multiple attorneys to provide a full range of support. The firm offers a fully remote work schedule. For immediate consideration apply today.
Essential Functions
- Engage in the work of the attorneys by demonstrating knowledge and status of current cases and projects and meet project deadlines by utilizing available resources.
- Support multiple attorneys in employment law matters and provide backup support for colleagues as needed.
- Serve as a liaison to clients, between internal departments and to outside agencies.
- Prepare/revise correspondence, pleadings, documents, and other clerical assignments as directed.
- Handle a wide variety of complex and confidential time-sensitive material.
- Work with internal teams to complete conflicts checks and open new client engagements.
- Manage attorney expenses and assist with billing review and inquiries.
- Maintain calendars, CLE and bar licenses, reports and time records.
- Book and organize travel arrangements, including flights, hotels, and transportation.
- Maintain docketing and proactively communicate deadlines for litigation attorneys.
- Transcribe electronic dictation, and schedule depositions.
- Various office and client filing; proofreading documents.
- Prepare documents for filing with various courts (Circuit and Federal).
Qualifications/Skills Required
- At least 3 years of recent litigation legal secretarial experience within a law firm, labor and employment field preferred.
- Ability to type 65+ wpm.
- Experience with InTapp, Netdocs, and Concur a plus.
- Experience with state and federal rules and procedures.
- Must have a solid understanding of technical legal terminology as well as court filings.
- Experienced with trial preparation and briefs.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, as well as excellent proofreading skills.
- Ability to multi-task, and timely respond to deadlines as well as balance workload.
- Proficiency in Office Suite 365 including Outlook and Word, and basic knowledge of Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work well in cooperative, small office environment and communicate with attorneys and support staff on every level. Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment with a positive attitude.
- Detail oriented, thorough, and accurate.
Benefits
- 100% employer paid medical, dental and vision benefits, a 37.5 work week and a generous PTO schedule.
Eastridge Workforce Solutions is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Please note that Eastridge is unable to provide visa sponsorship to applicants.
Certain clients require Eastridge to perform background checks and Eastridge will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with any applicable federal, state, or local law regarding criminal backgrounds, including but not limited to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
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$70k - $95k
