Legal Secretary
Must haves:
Candidate must be able to work Monday - Friday 8:
30 am - 5:
00pm.
Must be highly proficient in Word and PowerPoint, efiling, and litigation experience.
Job descriptionLegal SecretaryAt Fisher Phillips, we know exceptional talent is the key to our success, to providing the best service to our internal and external clients.
Being a part of the Fisher Phillips team means you will work with cutting edge technology in a professional and fun environment under leadership ready to invest in your professional development.
If you have a growth mindset, are eager to challenge yourself, and desire to work with a team of professionals instituting change on an ongoing basis, keep reading.
THE OPPORTUNITYFisher Phillips is an international labor and employment law firm, and we are looking for a Legal Secretary to work in our Columbia office.
This position has dual performance function, first supports the delivery of quality legal services to clients by providing secretarial and administrative assistance to attorneys, performing complex and specialized secretarial and clerical tasks, and working collaboratively and cooperative with others in a team-oriented environment.
This position supports a set of attorneys as a primary assignment and also provides back-up secretarial assistance to others as assigned.
For more information about the firm, please visit us at our website at.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES Performs e-filings, prepares pleadings notebooks, updates indexes and prepares exhibits.
Maintains and organizes files in an orderly manner.
Ability to draft standard pleadings, correspondence, memoranda and other documents.
Timely reviews and ensures accuracy of vendor invoices; prepares accurate check requests and timely submits invoices for payment to client or accounting.
Possesses knowledge of client-specific billing guidelines and restrictions and consistently applies those guidelines to ensure cost-effective practices.
Participates in the timely review and submission of prebills and/or client bills.
Possesses strong clerical skills including typing, transcribing, word processing, mail and contact management, spreadsheets, presentations, and all of the firm s systems and databases.
Accurately files court documents both electronically and in document form and able to determine and follow any local or judge specific requirements related to same.
Exhibits good judgment and organizational skills to receive, record and disseminate all information on behalf of the clients and assigned attorneys (e.
g.
, mail, interoffice mail, email, etc.
) Consistently provides friendly and helpful telephone support and/or receptionist relief.
Ensures that mail is sent out of the office, i.
e.
regular mail, certified mail, or overnight mail.
Regularly and accurately proofreads all documents to ensure accuracy and completeness prior to distribution or filing.
Regularly anticipates the needs of assigned attorneys in order to promote timekeeper efficiencies (i.
e.
, drafts correspondence, prepares shell pleading and discovery documents in advance).
Routinely reviews and follows-up on client deadlines and calendar appointments.
Coordinates and makes necessary arrangements for meetings (i.
e.
, depositions, mediations, interviews, and vendor and facility reservations).
Assists assigned attorneys with completing and tracking CLE compliance, presentations and training programs, other business development activities, and organizing all other non-billable activities.
Accurately prepares and submits client intake forms.
Follows the standard naming and profiling conventions when scanning, emailing, and saving documents to the document management system.
Regularly and consistently updates client files, notebooks, and pleading indices.
Maintains attorney specific case lists, charts, and status of cases Recommended Skills Billing Business Development Contact Management Systems Coordinating Databases Document Management Systems Apply to this job.
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Candidate must be able to work Monday - Friday 8:
30 am - 5:
00pm.
Must be highly proficient in Word and PowerPoint, efiling, and litigation experience.
Job descriptionLegal SecretaryAt Fisher Phillips, we know exceptional talent is the key to our success, to providing the best service to our internal and external clients.
Being a part of the Fisher Phillips team means you will work with cutting edge technology in a professional and fun environment under leadership ready to invest in your professional development.
If you have a growth mindset, are eager to challenge yourself, and desire to work with a team of professionals instituting change on an ongoing basis, keep reading.
THE OPPORTUNITYFisher Phillips is an international labor and employment law firm, and we are looking for a Legal Secretary to work in our Columbia office.
This position has dual performance function, first supports the delivery of quality legal services to clients by providing secretarial and administrative assistance to attorneys, performing complex and specialized secretarial and clerical tasks, and working collaboratively and cooperative with others in a team-oriented environment.
This position supports a set of attorneys as a primary assignment and also provides back-up secretarial assistance to others as assigned.
For more information about the firm, please visit us at our website at.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES Performs e-filings, prepares pleadings notebooks, updates indexes and prepares exhibits.
Maintains and organizes files in an orderly manner.
Ability to draft standard pleadings, correspondence, memoranda and other documents.
Timely reviews and ensures accuracy of vendor invoices; prepares accurate check requests and timely submits invoices for payment to client or accounting.
Possesses knowledge of client-specific billing guidelines and restrictions and consistently applies those guidelines to ensure cost-effective practices.
Participates in the timely review and submission of prebills and/or client bills.
Possesses strong clerical skills including typing, transcribing, word processing, mail and contact management, spreadsheets, presentations, and all of the firm s systems and databases.
Accurately files court documents both electronically and in document form and able to determine and follow any local or judge specific requirements related to same.
Exhibits good judgment and organizational skills to receive, record and disseminate all information on behalf of the clients and assigned attorneys (e.
g.
, mail, interoffice mail, email, etc.
) Consistently provides friendly and helpful telephone support and/or receptionist relief.
Ensures that mail is sent out of the office, i.
e.
regular mail, certified mail, or overnight mail.
Regularly and accurately proofreads all documents to ensure accuracy and completeness prior to distribution or filing.
Regularly anticipates the needs of assigned attorneys in order to promote timekeeper efficiencies (i.
e.
, drafts correspondence, prepares shell pleading and discovery documents in advance).
Routinely reviews and follows-up on client deadlines and calendar appointments.
Coordinates and makes necessary arrangements for meetings (i.
e.
, depositions, mediations, interviews, and vendor and facility reservations).
Assists assigned attorneys with completing and tracking CLE compliance, presentations and training programs, other business development activities, and organizing all other non-billable activities.
Accurately prepares and submits client intake forms.
Follows the standard naming and profiling conventions when scanning, emailing, and saving documents to the document management system.
Regularly and consistently updates client files, notebooks, and pleading indices.
Maintains attorney specific case lists, charts, and status of cases Recommended Skills Billing Business Development Contact Management Systems Coordinating Databases Document Management Systems Apply to this job.
Think you're the perfect candidate? Apply on company site $('.
external-apply-email-saved').
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open('/interstitial?jobdid=j3w48y77wj1qph6s6q9', 'ExternalApply-j3w48y77wj1qph6s6q9'); ); Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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