Temporary Experienced Legal Secretary

Job Description

Lawyers on Demand, a Consilio Company, is seeking a temporary legal secretary for an assignment with one of our top international legal clients.

Start: August

Pay Rate: $40-$50/hr

Location: on-site

Duration: long-term with possibility of converting to a direct hire role

Our client, a top international law firm, is looking for an experienced, highly capable legal secretary to support busy attorneys in their Tysons, VA office.This role is ideal for someone who is a self-starter and can work independently with little supervision in a busy environment under strict deadlines.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

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• Assists in the creation, editing, proofreading, and processing of legal documents such as correspondence, memoranda, closing documents, pleadings, papers and other practice specific documents.
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• Acquires an in-depth understanding of client relationships and businesses to provide the team information necessary to support client needs.
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• Learns and navigates firm resources to make recommendations to attorneys related to client support.
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• Provides case management for client matters and coordinates workflow within the team.
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• Ensures attorneys are complying with client requests and requirements, including client specific billing requirements.
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• Manages practice calendars to ensure team operates efficiently.
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• Maintains legal files (both paper & electronic), organizes and files documents in designated order.
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• Updates case information, scans and organizes legal files.
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• Manages document deliveries and tracks final executed documentation.
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• Assists with overflow work and other projects as needed.
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• Attends team strategy meetings.
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• Collaborates and works with paralegals and other legal support team members where applicable.
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• Receives and evaluates telephone calls for supported attorneys, fields calls and conveys messages as necessary. Communicates with clients, opposing counsel, courts, and liaisons as needed.
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• Processes time entry, open new matters, drafts engagement letters and audit responses, makes travel arrangements, processes reimbursement expenses, maintains attorney calendars, collates information, prepares agendas, reviews and prepares billing invoices, and other administrative duties.
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• Assists with other special projects as needed.
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Required Experience/Skills

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• Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures or agency rules of assigned practice group (e.g., State and Federal court filing, including e-filings).
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• Skilled in handling administrative tasks such as attorney time entry, travel arrangements, and processing of invoices and expenses.
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• Problem-solving ingenuity and ability to prioritize and manage multiple activities.
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• A self-starter, organized, able to work with a minimum of supervision.
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• Computer proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite applications including Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook.
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• Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and ability to manage time effectively.
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• Outstanding interpersonal communication skills, both written and oral, including solid composition, research, and editing skills.
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• The ability to work under pressure to meet strict deadlines.
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LOD is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Diversity and inclusion is a core part of our Ways of Working, and we celebrate and embrace it. We know the individual differences of our people make us collectively better and we encourage all applicants; including people with disability, career breaks, gender diverse, LGBTQIA, and culturally diverse communities to join us so we can do great things together.