Legal Secretary - 2990979

Job Title: Legal Secretary

Location: Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Salary/Payrate: $50K - $75K annually and AWESOME benefits!!!

Work Environment: Hybrid After 1 Month(2 of days WFH)

Term: Permanent / Fulltime

Bachelor’s degree required: No

Referral Fee: $500 - Refer qualified colleague, friends, or family.

Job Description

Our client is looking to hire a Legal Secretary at their offices in Ann Arbor, MI 48104. This is a full-time role paying an annual base salary of $50K to $75K (dependent on experience) plus an excellent benefits package. Candidates should possess 4 years of experience working as a Legal Secretary.

Responsibilities

As a Legal Secretary, you will work closely with administrative support staff (word processing, office services, and receptionists) to:

• Transcribe and prepare correspondence, memoranda, and other legal documents from written and oral drafts.
• Input attorney’s time and ensure that timesheets are delivered to the appropriate person in a timely manner.
• Process bills; proof billing sheets; review and edit bills; and assist attorneys with tracking client invoices, payments, and unique billing arrangements.
• Set up and maintain client and firm files; manage daily mail; request conflict of interest checks; and maintain respective attorney calendars and deadline reminder systems.
• Finalize, file, and prepare pleadings for service in State, Federal, and Appellate Courts (including e-filing and e-service).
• Draft and proof simple pleadings and correspondence, as directed.
• Contact clients, courts, counsel, experts, witnesses, etc. via phone, e-mail, and/or correspondence to act as a liaison in scheduling/coordinating meetings, depositions, etc.
• Maintain good public relations with clients; and observe confidentiality of attorney-client relationship.
• Work with junior and senior level attorneys in a variety of practices.

Qualifications

• A resourceful mindset, with a desire to explore and learn new skills and technology.
• 4‐6 years of legal secretarial experience supporting senior level management, preferably in more than one practice area such as litigation and corporate.
• Ability to transcribe legal documents, correspondence and reports from rough drafts or dictation proficiently and accurately.
• Possess excellent proofreading abilities for law office correspondence and legal case matters, and the ability to perform non‐complex arithmetic calculations when verifying calculations on forms and documents.
• Ability to organize and prioritize numerous tasks and complete them under time constraints.
• Possess excellent interpersonal skills – one who can communicate effectively in a courteous and diplomatic fashion as you will service and partner with a diverse group of clients, attorneys and staff.