Secretary

Since 1933, Stark & Stark has developed innovative legal solutions to meet our client's needs. With experienced attorneys in more than 30 practice areas, and a philosophy of putting the law to work for our clients is the basis for building and maintaining our practice.

Stark & Stark is actively recruiting for a Legal Secretary in our Yardley, Pennsylvania office. The ideal candidate will be self-directed and detailed-oriented with the ability to organize and manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities:

• Perform the legal support duties of client intake, gathering medical records and preparing pleadings, discovery demands, discovery responses, and motions.
• Professionally answer and handle phone calls and act as client liaison on practice matters.
• Manage the scheduling of conference calls with attorneys, mediations, court appearances with the clients, expert witnesses, other law firms, settlement conferences, oral arguments, and trials.
• Work with witnesses and other law firms to coordinate deposition and trial testimony.
• Handle miscellaneous administrative duties such as composing correspondence, proofing documents, copying, filing, faxing, mailing, and handling general office duties as needed.
• Process expense reimbursements as needed.
• Sort and distribute department mail.
• Handle other responsibilities as directed.

Abilities

• Mental reasoning, ability to solve problems, make decisions, read, write, interpret, and organize data in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to sit or stand at a desk viewing a computer screen for long periods of time, typing on a keyboard.
• Ability to comprehend information visually on paper and a computer screen.
• Ability to communicate via a telephone.
• Ability to multitask with disciplined time management skills.

Qualifications

• The right candidate will have at least two years of law firm experience.
• Experience in Plaintiffs Personal Injury matters is preferred.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft Office is a must.
• The ideal candidate will be self-directed, and detail oriented with a high level of accuracy.
• Able to organize and manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to maintain a high level of discretion, judgment, confidentiality, professional and ethical standards in communications with both external and internal parties.
• Well organized and able to see an assignment through to successful conclusion.
• Self-directed; able to think analytically and solve problems with little direction.
• Able to demonstrate a customer service demeanor regardless of the person or issue at hand.