Legal Secretary

Job Description

Job Description

Cassiday Schade LLP, a mid-sized regional civil litigation defense firm, has an exciting opportunity for a Legal Secretary for its Indianapolis Office.

The candidate must be reliable, hardworking, self-starter who possesses excellent organizational and communication skills, both within the Firm, with clients, and other legal professionals. Candidate must be a team player with the ability to multi-task and work independently. The candidate must be a skilled typist with competent transcription abilities, along with proficiencies in Microsoft 365 and PDF software. An ideal candidate will have some familiarity with medical terminology and a working knowledge of court procedures including electronic filing and some experience with trial work. Civil litigation experience required. This candidate should have five plus years of experience. Excellent benefits and a salary commensurate with skills.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Prepare, format, edit, proofread, and finalize legal documents and correspondence.
• Filing court documents with various courts (State/Federal/Appellate), as well as a working knowledge of court procedures.
• Prepare conflict checks and open new matters.
• Assist in management of attorney calendars, including deposition and meeting scheduling.
• Draft and issue discovery subpoenas, recordkeeping & follow-up.
• Transcription.
• Filing documents into the document management system and maintaining client files.
• Process attorney mail and invoices for payment.
• Closing files.
• iManage and Chrome River experience a plus.
• Other administrative tasks/duties assigned.

ABOUT CASSIDAY SCHADE LLP

Cassiday Schade LLP is a litigation law firm headquartered in Chicago, with a presence throughout the Midwest. We focus on providing our clients with exceptional and efficient representation and act as national or regional counsel for clients facing nationwide exposures. With experience in virtually all areas of civil litigation, we have a diverse client base and our attorneys provide companies of various sizes with extensive trial experience and case preparation acumen. Throughout our history, we have represented individuals and companies in a variety of industries, including long-term care, insurance, financial services, manufacturing, construction, professional services and transportation. In addition to trial and appellate work, we provide both organizations and individuals with the tools to analyze and prevent risk before litigation arises.

Company Description

ABOUT CASSIDAY SCHADE LLP\r\n\r\nCassiday Schade LLP is a litigation law firm headquartered in Chicago, with a presence throughout the Midwest. We focus on providing our clients with exceptional and efficient representation and act as national or regional counsel for clients facing nationwide exposures. With experience in virtually all areas of civil litigation, we have a diverse client base and our attorneys provide companies of various sizes with extensive trial experience and case preparation acumen. Throughout our history, we have represented individuals and companies in a variety of industries, including long-term care, insurance, financial services, manufacturing, construction, professional services and transportation. In addition to trial and appellate work, we provide both organizations and individuals with the tools to analyze and prevent risk before litigation arises.