Our client, an international lawfirm is looking to add on an IP Legal Secretary to support their busy group within patent prosecution. The role is 4 days a week in office 1 day remote!

Responsibilities:

• Schedule telephone interviews between attorneys and USPTO Examiners.
• If requested by an attorney, answer telephone and gives information to callers and routes call to appropriate individual, takes messages and places outgoing calls.
• Electronically file correspondence, including emails, and other documents and records into NetDocs.
• Maintain attorneys' client contact information.
• Assist with opening and closing of client matters and prepare engagement letters.
• Review and edit billing proformas. This includes working with the assigned billing specialist to prepare client invoices, create cover letters, and send client invoices.
• Maintain and create spreadsheets to track client annual invoice totals.
• Enter attorney time into time entry system, Intapp Time.
• Draft, revise, edit and proofread documents.
• Set-up and maintain hard copy files for client matters, if requested.
• Schedule various events and meetings to include coordinating travel arrangements, reserving internal conference rooms, and reserving guest offices (across all offices).
• If requested by an attorney, maintain attorney calendar to include informal docketing and scheduling.
• Enroll attorneys in CLE courses and assist with CLE questions and recording.
• Complete annual bar dues and professional membership renewals.
• Process timely expense reimbursements through ChromeRiver.
• Back up other secretaries during planned and unplanned secretary absences.
• Other duties as requested and assigned.

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