Donahue Fitzgerald
Litigation Legal Secretary
Donahue Fitzgerald, Walnut Creek, California, United States, 94598
Donahue Fitzgerald LLP is seeking a litigation legal secretary to join our team in our Walnut Creek office. This position will be responsible for supporting multiple attorneys across various practice areas.
Essential Job Duties
Secretarial, word processing, and legal administrative support for multiple partners and associate attorneys in a variety of practice areas.
Create, revise, and format legal documents, pleadings, correspondence, and forms from handwritten drafts, notes, or dictation. Apply track changes, formatting, and styles; edit, label, and redact documents; compare documents using document comparison software and produce redlined versions; ability to produce TOA and TOC
Proofread documents for spelling, grammatical, typographical, and formatting errors
Experience with E-filing in both State and Federal courts
Assist attorneys with special projects and other general administrative duties.
Schedule and calendar meetings, depositions, hearings, and court reporters
Perform legal calendaring
Assist with the opening and closing of matters
Interact with clients, visitors, attorneys, and staff via telephone and email
Qualifications
3+ years of experience as a litigation legal secretary within a law firm environment
Ability to support multiple attorneys in a fast-paced environment
Strong organizational skills and the ability to multitask
Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
Ability to take direction and work independently with little or no supervision, as well as part of a team
Ability to handle complex assignments and complete projects under tight deadlines, must be able to adapt to changing priorities quickly
Strong commitment to client service
Must be a team player
Excellent attention to detail and proofreading skills
Ability to work overtime on an occasional basis
Minimum Requirements
High School diploma or GED, required
3+ years of litigation experience required
Strong knowledge with Office 365 and Adobe Acrobat or FoxIt PDF
Experience with a Document Management System such as IManage, Filesite, NetDocs
Candidate must be able to work 5 days in the office for the first 90 days, and then a hybrid work schedule of 3 days in the office.
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Essential Job Duties
Secretarial, word processing, and legal administrative support for multiple partners and associate attorneys in a variety of practice areas.
Create, revise, and format legal documents, pleadings, correspondence, and forms from handwritten drafts, notes, or dictation. Apply track changes, formatting, and styles; edit, label, and redact documents; compare documents using document comparison software and produce redlined versions; ability to produce TOA and TOC
Proofread documents for spelling, grammatical, typographical, and formatting errors
Experience with E-filing in both State and Federal courts
Assist attorneys with special projects and other general administrative duties.
Schedule and calendar meetings, depositions, hearings, and court reporters
Perform legal calendaring
Assist with the opening and closing of matters
Interact with clients, visitors, attorneys, and staff via telephone and email
Qualifications
3+ years of experience as a litigation legal secretary within a law firm environment
Ability to support multiple attorneys in a fast-paced environment
Strong organizational skills and the ability to multitask
Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
Ability to take direction and work independently with little or no supervision, as well as part of a team
Ability to handle complex assignments and complete projects under tight deadlines, must be able to adapt to changing priorities quickly
Strong commitment to client service
Must be a team player
Excellent attention to detail and proofreading skills
Ability to work overtime on an occasional basis
Minimum Requirements
High School diploma or GED, required
3+ years of litigation experience required
Strong knowledge with Office 365 and Adobe Acrobat or FoxIt PDF
Experience with a Document Management System such as IManage, Filesite, NetDocs
Candidate must be able to work 5 days in the office for the first 90 days, and then a hybrid work schedule of 3 days in the office.
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