What are the responsibilities and job description for the COMMERCIAL LITIGATION LEGAL SECRETARY position at Personnel Management Solutions, Inc.?
Job Description
Job Description
Our client is seeking an experienced Legal Secretary with Commercial Litigation experience to join their team of professionals in their Downtown Fort Lauderdale offices.
Responsibilities :
- Provide high-level administrative support to assigned attorneys, ensuring efficient management of complex tasks and legal workflows. This includes drafting, editing, formatting, and producing legal documents, correspondence, and other materials with a high degree of accuracy.
- Prepare and file pleadings and other legal documents with state and federal courts, ensuring compliance with procedural rules and deadlines.
- Open, organize, and maintain client files, both electronically and in hard copy, ensuring they are up-to-date, complete, and accessible.
- Coordinate and manage multiple attorney calendars, scheduling meetings, court appearances, and other key appointments. Provide timely reminders to attorneys regarding critical deadlines and time-sensitive obligations.
- Review and edit documents for proper formatting, grammar, and spelling, ensuring all attachments, exhibits, and enclosures are complete and
- properly included.
- Assist in maintaining attorney timekeeping and billing by entering time, reviewing pro forma bills, and preparing final billing statements and cover letters for client submission.
- Manage the intake process for new client matters, ensuring all relevant information is gathered and recorded for effective case management.
- Route incoming calls, mail, and visitors, maintaining a professional and responsive communication channel for attorneys and clients.
- Coordinate and arrange travel logistics for attorneys, including booking flights, accommodations, and transportation as needed for client meetings, trials, and other professional obligations.
Qualifications :
Company Description
Since the early 1990s, Personnel Management Solutions, Inc.'s recruiting specialists have been a valuable resource to many different companies in various industries throughout the Midwest and Florida. Although much of our expertise is within law firms and the law departments of major corporations, as well as having a strong presence within the medical field, we have also served accounting and architectural firms, automotive and manufacturing companies, non-profit organizations, property management, and many other industries.
Company Description
Since the early 1990s, Personnel Management Solutions, Inc.'s recruiting specialists have been a valuable resource to many different companies in various industries throughout the Midwest and Florida. Although much of our expertise is within law firms and the law departments of major corporations, as well as having a strong presence within the medical field, we have also served accounting and architectural firms, automotive and manufacturing companies, non-profit organizations, property management, and many other industries.
