Personal Injury Legal Secretary/Litigation Paralegal

Personal Injury Legal Secretary / Litigation Paralegal

FULL TIME

BURBANK

The Company : L.A. Injury Attorneys is a dynamic Burbank-based personal injury law firm seeking an experienced Litigation Legal Secretary / Paralegal for immediate consideration.

Requirements : Candidate should have at least 5 years of experience in litigation, possess a valid driver's license, and have their own transportation.

Must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employer. Other requirements include a strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and Adobe PDF, with a typing speed of at least 65 wpm.

Experience with FileVine case management program is preferred, but not required. Spanish speaker is also preferred but not required.

Experience in personal injury civil litigation is a plus.

This position is not remote, you will be required to be in the office during regular business hours to answer phones for attorneys, attend to immediate needs of attorneys, and greet clients.

Job Description : The Litigation Legal Secretary / Paralegal is responsible for providing administrative support to attorneys on a day-to-day basis, as well as working closely with clients and other team members to ensure effective and timely attention to important legal matters.

Must have a strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and Adobe PDF, with a typing speed of at least 65 wpm is necessary.

Excellent organizational skills and time management as well as an ability to adhere to strict deadlines while multi-tasking and working in a fast-paced environment are necessary.

Qualified candidates must have a thorough understanding of the processes of state and federal litigation. Must be experienced in, and knowledgeable of, state and federal deadlines, e-filing, trial procedures, discovery, document production, document management, calendaring and case management.

Candidate will work within the various aspects of litigation. The position’s essential functions include but are not limited to the following :

• Back up other secretaries during planned and unplanned secretary absences;
• Draft, format, and proof-read legal documents and correspondence;
• Correctly format court pleadings according to applicable court rules including the auto-generation of tables of authorities (TOAs) and tables of contents (TOCs);
• Research state and federal rules of court and work with attorneys to ensure adherence to rules of court and codes of civil procedure;
• Timely file court documents with various courts and administrative bodies, including electronic filing where applicable;
• Assist with preparation for meetings, depositions, hearings, mediations, trials and other litigation proceedings;
• Review incoming mail and correctly route to appropriate parties, including to attorneys and to the calendaring clerk;
• Review and maintain case files and ensure proper maintenance of case files; locate relevant case information for attorneys;
• Work closely with calendaring clerk, attorneys, paralegals, secretaries and other employees to confirm dates are calendared appropriately and that attorney and department calendars are maintained;
• Maintain attorneys’ individual calendars to track meetings, hearings, depositions, court dates and other due dates and maintain attorneys’ contacts;
• Prepare attorneys’ check requests and coordinate payment to vendors when necessary;
• Maintain composure and work efficiently and accurately during highly stressful circumstances;
• Demonstrate excellent customer support;
• Work cordially, cooperatively and productively with Firm employees;
• Work overtime as needed to complete essential functions; and
• Other functions that may be assigned.

The Litigation Legal Secretary / Paralegal will be responsible for organizing all litigated files and working directly with a managing attorney to ensure the progression of all litigated cases assigned to the managing attorney.

Management retains the right to add to or change the duties of this position at any time.

When applying, provide your full name, resume, contact information, and reference information.