Salary: To $70K
Status: Direct Hire
Start: ASAP
Location: North Bay
The Legal Secretary 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.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
The position’s essential functions include but are not limited to the following:
Draft, review and revise legal and non-legal documents including correspondence and memoranda, pleadings, PowerPoint presentations, budgets, etc.;
Format court pleadings according to applicable court rules and generate tables of authorities and tables of contents using Firm software;
Demonstrate understanding of, and facility with, local rules of court, municipal, state and federal rules of procedure;
File documents with courts and administrative bodies, including electronic filing where applicable;
Arrange for service of pleadings and subpoenas;
Assist with preparation for and scheduling of meetings, teleconferences, conferences and travel;
Organize documents, and prepare binders and files to house relevant legal and non-legal materials;
Review incoming mail and route to attorneys, the Firm’s Calendaring Department, and others;
High school diploma required; Bachelor’s degree or paralegal certificate preferred;
Minimum of five years of legal secretary/legal assistant experience;