What are the responsibilities and job description for the Secretary position at Wegman?
Job Description
Job Description
Seeking an energetic and reliable Legal Secretary to join a busy litigation team. Strong insurance defense experience is REQUIRED! The ideal candidate is reliable, energetic, and personable, with 8 years of litigation experience. Experience with MVA / Trucking litigation a plus.
Responsibilities :
- Drafting and typing various types of documents, including correspondence, pleadings, memoranda, and other such documents specific to the litigation practice area.
- Proofreading and redlining work for accuracy, format, grammar, and punctuation.
- Prepare e-filings and court pleadings in federal and local courts. Must know court rules, procedures, and calendaring requirements.
- Schedules / calendars appointments such as depositions, document productions, client meetings, trials, court hearings and appearances; coordinate travel arrangements as necessary.
- Read, sort and date incoming and outgoing mail.
- Transcribe dictation tapes, handwritten copy and telephone dictation using court and agency formatting as needed.
- Open new client / matter files, request conflict checks and maintain all client files.
- Handle billing process, time entry and billing memos. Ensure timekeepers time entry is closed in a timely manner.
- Perform secretarial functions associated with firm administrative tasks, including processing new client / matter requests, client bills, time reports and expense reports.
