Job Description
Job Description
Job description
Job Description
One of the Northeast’s premier insurance defense law firms, is seeking a Legal Secretary to work full-time in our Towson, MD, office. Candidates must have prior law firm experience in the litigation practice area. We offer competitive salary and benefits and an employer-matched 401k program.
Responsibilities :
- Produces information by transcribing, formatting, inputting, editing, retrieving, copying, and transmitting text, data, and graphics; coordinating case preparation
- Arranges for and files / e-files legal documents with various courts
- Maintains attorney calendars
- Represents attorney by communicating and obtaining information; following-up on delegated assignments; knowing when to act and when to refer matters to attorney
- Tracks payments to vendors
- Drafts pleadings (basic motions, discovery requests, stipulations), Discovery Responses, Certificates of Service, NODs and letters for attorney finalization.
- Prepares TOC and TOA for Briefs
- Organizes and maintains file documents
- Schedules depositions and IMEs’ with corresponding documents and communications
Qualifications :
3-5 years of prior law firm litigation experience is requiredApplicant must be detail-oriented, well organized, and a team player who is able to work independently on assigned projectsMust possess working knowledge of Microsoft Office 2010-2013 – styles, automatic paragraph numbering, Excel, PDF docs, to properly prepare documents according to various court restrictionsMust possess working knowledge of case management systemDeadline and detail-orientedMust be an excellent communicatorMarks, O’Neill, O’Brien, Doherty & Kelly provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or any other protected characteristic. In addition to federal law requirements, our firm complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location where we have office
Legal Assistant Duties
Prepare conflict checksPrepare answers, discovery requests and responsesPrepare and file motions and briefs (including TOCs)Convert and create documentsDraft various correspondenceDraft releases and stipulationsPrepare exhibitsRetrieval of documents from courts or portalsTranscribe dictationRespond to incoming phone calls regarding filesE-file pleadings and documentsRetrieve and save e-filed pleadingsUpdate address listsMaintain attorney and / or office calendars, including scheduling appointments, travel arrangements, phone conferences, and in-house meetings.Maintain and update attorney and / or office case listsConfirm all motion hearings and other court appearancesFollow up on phone calls and documentsPrepare document bindersInternal and external scheduling (attorneys, court reporters, couriers, etc.)Assist with answering phones as needed, receive and place telephone callsSort through mail by reading, reviewing, verifying, and routing correspondence, reports and legal documents, save to Worldox (and ProLaw where applicable) and distributeMail, fax, email, or arrange for delivery of legal correspondence to clients, opposing counsel, insureds and courtConvert, create and edit PDF documentsProof-read status reports, and e-file answers, motions and different pleadings as well as in federal court.Assist paralegals w / subpoena packages that need to be mailed out certified mail and correspondence to experts or other non-billable tasksScan documents into system and save with firm document naming protocolsCreate CD'sPrepare checks with check requests; complete check logsPrepare expense reportsTrack and reconciled all expenses and corporate card statements, utilized correct client codes and invoicing proceduresProcess invoicesProvide reception desk coverage as neededPrepare closing information, final bill requests and close fileOther Duties and Projects as assignedProduces information by transcribing, formatting, inputting, editing, retrieving, copying, and transmitting text, data, and graphics; coordinating case preparation
Arranges for and files / e-files legal documents with various courts
Maintains attorney calendars
Represents attorney by communicating and obtaining information; following-up on delegated assignments; knowing when to act and when to refer matters to attorney
Tracks payments to vendors
Drafts pleadings (basic motions, discovery requests, stipulations), Discovery Responses, Certificates of Service, NODs and letters for attorney finalization.
Prepares TOC and TOA for Briefs
Organizes and maintains file documents
Schedules depositions and IMEs’ with corresponding documents and communications