Remote Defense Litigation Legal Secretary

Remote Defense Litigation Legal Assistant – Secretary You can be fully remote if you live 2 hours away from LA or SF. If you live within 2 hours of those cities, you will be on a hybrid model, with 1-2 days a week in the office. The firm requires 3-15 years of experience in defense litigation. $75,000 – $110,000, depending on years of experience, education, and skills. You will be supporting 5-7 attorneys out of the SF office. The practice group wants solid tenure, solid iManage experience, experience at a medium-to-large law firm, and solid e-Filing experience with California and Federal Courts. Product Liability Defense Litigation is the practice area working with a team of lawyers Hours can be 8:30-5 or 9-5:30, with 2-10 hours of paid overtime per week. Solid tenure is key to success with this firm. Please have 3+ years of defense litigation, NOT PLAINTIFF litigation. Product Liability Defense litigation experience is highly desired but not required. The firm offers outstanding benefits, a raise, and a discretionary raise in July 2027. You will work with a dynamic group of 5-7 well-respected Product Liability litigation defense associates and partners. This fast-paced, busy position has substantive work, a fantastic manager, incredibly helpful staff, and great attorneys. Why this assignment works with 5-7 timekeepers: Legal Secretaries are not entering docketing. Legal Secretaries are not doing the shells; the word-processing team handles them. Legal Secretaries do not handle copying or production; the services team handles it. Most attorneys enter their own time, but there are exceptions. This firm has one of the world’s most robust integrated legal practices, with 45 offices worldwide. The firm is renowned for its local connections and global influence, delivering comprehensive legal services worldwide. The firm seeks a Legal Assistant/Secretary to join its Product Liability Litigation Practice Group. You will support 5-7 attorneys who work in the firm’s SF office. Please have 3+ years of experience as a legal secretary, legal assistant, or paralegal in defense litigation at a law firm. Essential duties and responsibilities: Draft, revise, and format legal documents, correspondence, memoranda, and e-mail Perform administrative tasks such as preparing expense reports, check requests, client invoices, and time entries, as requested E-filing in the State (CA) and Federal courts Maintaining and managing client files Maintaining attorneys’ calendars and scheduling appointments Initiating communication and responding to client inquiries Coordinating client meetings, travel arrangements (domestic and international), and conferences Performing general administrative tasks of filing, mailing, answering phone calls, and greeting clients Working cooperatively with staff, paralegals, and lawyers Maintaining proficiency with office procedures and staying current with the Firm’s technology Required Qualifications: A High School Diploma is required; college preferred 3+ years of Defense litigation, lemon law defense litigation, or general defense litigation experience as a legal assistant, legal secretary, or paralegal. NO PLAINTIFF Litigation, PLEASE You must have experience with iManage Ability to handle a busy desk, multitask, and remain focused 50-60 wpm typing Solid e-Filing experience in CA and federal courts is required Computer proficiency in Windows-based software and Microsoft Office Suite applications, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook. Basic technological and research skills. 37.5-hour workweek, paid overtime, very stable and growing, fantastic healthcare benefits, dental, vision, STD, LTD, 20 days PTO, ten holidays, and 401k discretionary contribution, and a happy and diverse firm culture, no matter whether you are remote or onsite We help stars find their place in the universe. #J-18808-Ljbffr Steffan & Co.