Overview
High volume Insurance defense law firm is seeking a Legal Secretary for its San Diego office. Candidates should have previous experience working for one or more attorneys and are responsible for organizing and maintaining attorney files, calendaring/scheduling, and other general duties.
Responsibilities
- responsible for all calendaring of pleading and discovery deadlines
- filing legal documents such as answers, motions, and other pleadings and general forms.
- creation of correspondence, discovery requests and pleadings including TOA's and TOC's for longer briefs.
- answering phones and making calls to arrange depositions and other related court services.
- maintenance of electronic and paper files
- interacting with clients, carriers, opposing counsel and court staff
- trial experience desires (creating trial binders, tagging exhibits, preparing trial subpoenas)
Qualifications
- Strong organizational and communication skills
- Full knowledge of MS Word
- Ability to generate TOC's and TOA's
- Knowledge of legal terminology
- Minimum 5 years of litigation experience working in a California law office or legal setting (**Willing to train the right candidate.)
Compensation:
- between $ 30/hr and $ 40/hr depending on experience
- free parking
- casual dress code
- Possibility of working hybrid after 1 year
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $30.00 - $41.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Free parking
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Opportunities for advancement
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
