Legal Assistant

The Litigation Secretary shall possess a minimum of two years' experience as a secretary

in a law firm practicing Litigation / Labor & Employment. Will assist attorneys and

paralegals through the performance of complex secretarial and clerical duties requiring

knowledge of legal terminology and the legal process. Requires excellent clerical skills

and knowledge of grammar, spelling and punctuation. Shall be proficient in the use of

MS Office and knowledgeable in other related software, including but not limited to :

iManage, Best Authority, Adobe, LawTime, etc.

Must have complete knowledge of court rules in state, federal, and appellate courts in

connection with filing of various pleading documents. Must also be familiar with filing and

serving document time constraints for both federal and state courts.

Reporting Relationship

Reports and is responsible to assigned partner(s) / attorney(s); Director of Human

Resources Manager and the Managing Partner.

Duties / Responsibilities

Draft letters, discovery response and pleading shells. Edit legal documents, reports, in

prescribed forms, expanding or editing to produce form of composition. Proficient

knowledge of creating Table of Contents and Table of Authorities.

Performs numerous office tasks involving word processing, answering the telephone,

screening calls; schedules appointments; client contact, obtaining and relaying

information and messages, answering routine matters on own initiative, arranges

deposition and court reporters; court calls.

Other tasks : files records, legal documents, correspondence and other items. Various

administrative tasks including scanning, faxing and copying documents. Creating hearing

binders and assist with trial preparation; types timesheets for accounting purposes.