Prestigious law firm urgently hiring a Litigation Secretary to start this week!
$40-$45/hr + excellent company culture!
Contract Role-Possibility to convert to perm, based on your performance!
Role is in Irvine, hybrid potential in future
Duties:
- Prepare correspondence and legal documents
- Electronically file and serve court documents
- Manage attorney calendars
- Attorney time entry
- Schedule and organize meetings, travel and seminars
- Maintain electronic filing system and retrieve information and documents as needed
- Handle high volume of email and phone calls
- Draft written responses or reply by phone or email to requests for information
- Type and proofread general correspondence; create charts, tables, graphs and business plans as needed
- Process vendor payments and attorney expense reports
- Prioritize workflow with little or no supervision
- Attend meetings and follow up on action items
- Training of other support personnel and miscellaneous other tasks as needed
Required Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities
- Typing, proofreading and attention to detail
- Proficiency with electronic filing systems used by CA and federal courts to file pleadings
- Advanced computer skills, including knowledge of Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Advanced knowledge of general office equipment and law firm systems
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to analyze problems, take initiative to solve problems and improve processes
- Knowledge of CCP and FRCP
- Knowledge of USPTO PTAB E2E online filing and docketing system a plus
- Minimum 5 years' civil litigation experience in California state and federal court
- Paralegal certificate from ABA approved program a plus
