Litigation Legal Secretary

An insurance defense law firm, is seeking a full-time Legal (Litigation) Secretary to provide secretarial support to 4+ attorneys. Qualified candidates will have the following knowledge, skills and abilities: Job Duties: Provides administrative support to a team of civil litigation defense attorneys; Draft basic legal documents including standard pleadings, discovery and correspondence for review by the attorneys; Manage and maintain attorney’s calendars, including litigation deadlines and scheduling meetings; Basic accounting duties including processing vendor invoices, preparing check requests and submitting invoices / expense reports for payment to the client or accounting; Handle incoming and outgoing correspondence, including emails, phone calls and mail; Manages E-filing in both state and federal courts using e-File Texas and NextGen; Enters attorney time into billing system using L & A codes on billing software; Run conflict checks and open new client matters; including closing files; Exercises discretion and maintains information of a confidential nature; Communicate with clients, court personnel and other counsel in a professional manner; Able to multi-task to assist with handling a busy litigation docket; Occasional overtime, as needed and other duties as assigned; Qualifications: 5+ years of recent litigation experience in a law firm. Defense litigation experience preferred; Some knowledge of the litigation process; rules of procedure; excellent litigation, secretarial, grammar, and proofreading skills; High proficiency in MS Office Suite; Experience with electronic court filings (state and federal); Familiarity with DMS (document management system), preferably iManage; #J-18808-Ljbffr