Litigation Secretary Job at Pomerantz LLP in New York

A preeminent plaintiffs’ law firm specializing in plaintiffs’ securities class actions and corporate governance, seeks a litigation secretary with a minimum of 4 years’.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality secretarial, and administrative support to supervising attorneys.
• Prepare and complete various state and federal court filings.
• Perform calendar management; scheduling meetings, conference calls, travel, appointments, depositions, due dates, court appearances, etc.; anticipate, identify, and resolve potential issues.
• Edit and proofread correspondence and legal documents for content, grammar, spelling, and formatting.
• Proficient use of Microsoft Word for Legal Word Processing; Best Authority for generation and formatting of table of authorities; Microsoft Excel for generation and formatting of spreadsheets; Outlook for communication and calendaring.
• Ability edit legal pleadings, including, but not limited to, developing table of contents/table of authorities, PDF to Word conversions with quality-control-checking and applying firm styles/formatting.
• Ability to check and apply courts’ local rules and judges’ individual rules to daily preparation and filing of legal pleadings.
• Track and input attorney time using Surepoint.
• Generate expense reports and check requests.
• Assist with reception coverage where needed.
• Knowledge of NetDocs and Surepoint a plus
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure in a very fast paced environment
• Positive attitude and willingness to learn, and strong note-taking skills.
• The ideal candidate exhibits independent thinking and can utilize creative problem-solving skills to generate results.

Competitive benefits package

Salary: $80,000-$95,000 – Commensurate with experience

Remote Fridays