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Legal Staff Legal Secretary in Pasadena, CA

Law Firm Staff Jun 19,2017 Location Pasadena CA
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Law Firm

Legal Staff

Litigation - Foreclosure (Lender-side)

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Law Firm Staff brings you up to date and high quality legal staff openings in law firms and in-house legal departments of business organizations. In addition, we help solo attorneys hire experienced personnel from the legal industry. We not only have the best law firm staff positions, but we also have the most. Legal Secretary - Litigation & Transactional Duties: Provides secretarial support to attorneys, paralegals and administrative management of the Firm. Maintains positive communications with clients, attorneys and staff. Observes confidentiality of client matters. Follows policies and procedures of the Firm. Handles E-filings and understands the litigation process from beginning to end. Prepares and revises legal documents, correspondence, memoranda, and e-mails from written form as well as from transcription. Operates personal computer, transcription equipment to produce legal documents, correspondence, memoranda and e-mails, and other office machines such as photocopier, fax machine and postage meter. Proofreads prepared materials to ensure documents are free from typographical and grammatical errors and are formatted according to Firm standards. Reads, sorts and prints incoming mail, and e-mails and distributes as appropriate. Schedules appointments and meetings for attorneys. Manages and maintains calendar for deadlines; ensures important dates are recorded on the master calendar. Maintains client files and chron files. Arranges for travel for attorneys including hotel, airline and transportation. Assembles documents and exhibits for court filings and recordings, hearings, arbitrations, mediations, depositions or other engagements. Assists in the preparation of marketing materials such as pitch folders, attorney biographies and PowerPoint presentations. Back-up and overflow secretarial coverage when needed Performs all other duties as assigned.

Qualifications: High School Diploma. 5+ years legal secretary experience in the area of employment litigation/transactional. Excellent oral and written communication skills. Ability to type, read, and write in order to proofread and perform initial input and revisions to legal documents, correspondence, memoranda and e-mail. Excellent business writing, editing, proofreading skills, spelling and grammar. Proficiency MS Office Suite which includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint. Knowledge of document management systems such as IManage. Ability to type 70 wpm. Ability to proactively organize and prioritize workflow for multiple attorneys. Ability to multi-task. Interpersonal skills to communicate verbally, in writing and by telephone in a professional manner with clients, attorneys, vendors and staff. Ability to operate office equipment such as computer, transcription equipment, fax machine and advance functions on photocopiers. Stellar attendance and punctuality.

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