Legal Secretary (IP)

3-5 yrs required

Full-time

No

Summary:

- Law firm Haynes and Boone is seeking a Legal Secretary for their Orange County office.
- The office serves the technology industry and has vibrant practices in intellectual property, corporate matters, and litigation.
- The position requires at least 3-5 years of experience in patent prosecution work and a strong understanding of USPTO rules and procedures.
- The salary range for this position is $85,000 to $105,000, based on experience and skillset.
- The Legal Secretary will perform secretarial and administrative duties for attorneys and patent agents, including word processing, filing, and coordinating meetings and appointments.
- Other responsibilities include handling travel arrangements, maintaining physical and electronic files, and providing assistance to summer associates and visiting attorneys.
- The ideal candidate will have a high school diploma, with two years of college preferred, and strong word processing and computer skills.
- This position requires the ability to work in a fast-paced environment, handle multiple tasks, and meet deadlines.
- The Legal Secretary must also possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, attention to detail, and strong customer service skills.
- This is a full-time position with potential for overtime.
- The firm values diversity and seeks highly motivated individuals who share their culture of respect and teamwork.

copies, distributes, sends (electronically and/or via mail, courier or express service), files and otherwise handles completed work. maintains physical and electronic files, contacts, and maintains dockets of cases for attorney. net websites. prior experience with handling expense reports, client bills, multi-line phones and conflict-checking forms, as well as working with interaction, or another crm database, is strongly preferred. strong phone etiquette, attention to detail and follow through skills are required. physical demands

must be able to move around the office up to 15% of the time to make copies, fax, file, etc. , fax machine, copier, printer) on a regular basis

Legal