What are the responsibilities and job description for the Litigation Legal Secretary- 3109545 position at AMS Staffing Inc.?
Title: Litigation Legal Secretary
Location: Harrisburg, PA (Camp Hill, 17011)
Salary: $55k - $65k (non-exempt)
Work Environment: 5 days in office
Work week: 37.5 hours
Daily hours: 8:30 am – 5 pm
Degree required: NO
Job Description
Our client, a national mid-sized law firm headquartered in Pennsylvania, are seeking a Litigation Legal Secretary to join the Litigation practice group in their Harrisburg (Camp Hill) office. The Legal Secretary will work closely with shareholders and Paralegals in Civil Litigation, Family Law, and General Law practice areas on the full spectrum of clients. Some of the key anticipated responsibilities are listed below:
Location: Harrisburg, PA (Camp Hill, 17011)
Salary: $55k - $65k (non-exempt)
Work Environment: 5 days in office
Work week: 37.5 hours
Daily hours: 8:30 am – 5 pm
Degree required: NO
Job Description
Our client, a national mid-sized law firm headquartered in Pennsylvania, are seeking a Litigation Legal Secretary to join the Litigation practice group in their Harrisburg (Camp Hill) office. The Legal Secretary will work closely with shareholders and Paralegals in Civil Litigation, Family Law, and General Law practice areas on the full spectrum of clients. Some of the key anticipated responsibilities are listed below:
- Support attorneys and paralegals on administrative items including receiving and opening mail. Distributing the mail to the appropriate attorney.
- Transcription of dictation for some attorneys for correspondence including letters to clients and engagement letters.
- Complete monthly expense reports and credit card statements, scanning, and printing documents.
- Maintain electronic and physical client files.
- Maintain attorney’s calendars by setting appointments, coordinating schedules, and setting up meetings, pleadings, electronic filing.
- Answer phones and communicating with courts and prothonotaries.
- Enter attorney’s billable time.
- Assist secretarial team with coverage for receptionist or other secretaries.
- High school or equivalent
- Three (3) or more years of experience as a Legal Secretary or related experience
- Experience using PACER to search dockets, party information, and download pleadings.
- Experience with state filings and familiarity with various county and prothonotary websites.
- Experience with Lackner, and Pro Series a plus.
- Experience with Microsoft Office Outlook, Excel, Word, and other software
- Driven self-starter with a proactive approach to supporting counsel
- Experience with iManage document management system
- Experience filing court documents, electronically preferred
- Experience with ECF for federal court filings a plus
- Paralegal certificate
- Active Notary license
Salary : $55,000 - $65,000
