An established insurance defense and commercial litigation firm is seeking an experienced Legal Secretary for immediate employment in the firm's Brownsville office.
Applicant will need to:
- Have superior organizational skills with attention to detail.
- Work under the supervision of and provide administrative support to one or more lawyers.
- Maintain the lawyer’s calendar and case record system.
- Facilitate the meeting of deadlines by keeping multiple agendas and providing timely reminders.
- Serve and file various legal documents such as pleadings and discovery.
- Ability to work with legal technology such as court-filing computer systems, transcription software, billable time software, etc.
- Handle Efile/Pacer systems in state and federal courts.
- Answer phone calls, take notes/messages and redirect calls when appropriate.
- Draft correspondence to clients and counsel
- Maintain and update inventories of case contact details.
- Transcribe dictation tapes for correspondence and reports.
- Ability to multitask and be able to manage multiple deadlines.
- Be comfortable dealing with a diverse pool of people.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and plan ahead on addressing deadlines.
- The right candidate should be friendly, dedicated and above all, a team player.
Salary will be commensurate with experience and skill level. Benefits include health insurance, disability, paid life insurance and a 401k plan.
Job Type: Full-time
Experience:
- legal secretary: 2 years (Required)
Education:
- High school or equivalent (Required)
Location:
- Brownsville, TX 78521 (Required)
Work authorization:
Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Retirement plan
- Paid time off
Typical start time:
Typical end time:
This Company Describes Its Culture as:
- Detail-oriented -- quality and precision-focused
- Outcome-oriented -- results-focused with strong performance culture
- Stable -- traditional, stable, strong processes
Schedule:
Company's website:
Benefit Conditions:
Work Remotely: No
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- AD&D insurance
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Travel requirement:
Experience:
- Microsoft Office: 1 year (Preferred)
Ability to Commute:
- Brownsville, TX 78521 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Brownsville, TX 78521: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person