Robert Hadley Associates is hiring: Legal Secretary in New York

Overview

Our global law firm client is hiring a recent college grad with three (3) years of legal experience supporting a Senior Litigation Partner for their New York office.

The candidate for this position must have excellent communication skills and be able to execute a variety of legal assistant support/secretarial duties of a confidential nature. These tasks include preparing correspondence and memoranda, speaking with high-profile clients, adversary counsel and courts, handling travel, preparing attorney time, gathering documents from internal files, heavy calendaring, preparing engagement letters, working with Excel, handling voice mail, scanning documents and much more. Candidates must be confident, skilled and be flexible for overtime in this role. To add to their success, candidates should have effective time management and organizational skills, ability to work under pressure, coupled with the ability to be detail oriented.

Responsibilities & Expectations

• Prepare correspondence and memoranda
• Communicate with high-profile clients, adversary counsel and courts
• Coordinate travel and calendar management
• Prepare attorney time and engagement letters
• Manage documents, Excel tasks, voicemail, scanning and related duties
• Maintain confidentiality and handle tasks with discretion

Qualifications

• Bachelor\'s Degree Required
• Strong organizational and communication skills

Base pay range

$75,000.00/yr - $85,000.00/yr

Location

New York, New York

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Legal

Industries

• Law Practice

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are committed to diversity and inclusivity in our hiring practices.