Legal Staff Legal Secretary in Saint Louis, MO

Law Firm

Saint Louis, MO

Legal Staff Legal Secretary in Saint Louis, MO

Legal Staff

Min 5 yrs required

No

Job Title

Litigation Legal Assistant

Job Responsibilities

This role offers an excellent opportunity to join a sophisticated litigation practice within a dynamic, friendly, and collaborative atmosphere. The Litigation Legal Assistant will engage in both administrative and paralegal responsibilities, providing comprehensive support to litigation attorneys. Key duties include:

- Providing general office support such as maintaining and organizing files, photocopying, maintaining calendars, preparing expense reports, submitting invoices for payment, scheduling depositions, conferences, and meetings, and coordinating travel arrangements.
- Setting up new clients and matters, which involves running conflict checks and preparing engagement letters.
- Preparing and finalizing basic correspondence and other documents, ensuring formatting, consistency, and accuracy of time-sensitive, high-profile documents.
- Calculating, calendaring, and tracking court and other filing deadlines.
- Formatting, proofreading, and finalizing detailed correspondence, pleadings, and other legal documents, including for e-filings.
- Organizing documents and files in both paper and electronic filing systems, including document creation, conversion, and formatting.
- Filing pleadings in state and federal courts, courts of appeals, and Supreme Courts; communicating with court staff as necessary; keeping current with changes in court rules and filing procedures.
- Performing general research and support activities to assist attorneys.
- Performing other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

- 5+ years of experience as a litigation legal assistant.
- Litigation experience in a private law firm setting.
- High level of proficiency with Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, and document management systems.
- Outstanding organizational, interpersonal, and administrative skills.
- Excellent attention to detail with the ability to multi-task.
- Must be self-motivated, proactive, and able to meet deadlines under pressure.
- Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team with other legal assistants, paralegals, and attorneys, as well as independently.
- Must provide excellent internal and external client service.
- Must be able to communicate clearly and concisely with a solution-oriented approach.
- High School Diploma or GED required; bachelor’s degree preferred.

Salary Information

The text does not provide specific salary information for this position.

Additional Information

This position is not open to recruiters. The law firm is a full-service business law firm comprising 240 attorneys headquartered in Chicago. Recognized as one of the fastest-growing law firms in the Midwest, the firm emphasizes entrepreneurial thinking to address the business decisions of clients creatively, expediently, and pragmatically. The firm handles transactional, labor, employment, and litigation needs across the . and has offices in numerous locations, including Chicago, IL; Columbus, OH; Milwaukee, WI; St. Louis, MO; and Indianapolis, IN.

The law firm is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to workforce diversity and non-discrimination regarding race, color, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, ancestry, citizenship, creed, marital status, veteran status, age, family caregiving responsibilities, genetic profile or predisposition, pregnancy, or disability in relation to hiring, promotion, firing, compensation, or other employment terms and conditions.