Legal Secretary - Full-time / Part-time

Trial and Litigation Firm is looking for a specialized, professional Legal Secretary with litigation experience to undertake a variety of administrative and clerical tasks. You will work under the supervision of an attorney and will also provide support in assigned legal cases. Would prefer 3-5 years legal experience.  Heavy dictation, filing, copying, and secretarial duties.  Very detail oriented and multi-task position.  Medical Claims for the insurance company.  Discovery background is helpful.

The goal is to sustain efficiency of all office procedures and case management so as to guarantee reliability and consistency.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to one or more lawyers
• Effectively communicate with witnesses, clients, colleagues and partners
• Greet visitors and perform initial screening of clients
• Attend trials and type minutes
• Write case briefs and synopses of depositions, contracts and testimony
• Conduct thorough statistical/ documentary research
• Source and verify important case intelligence
• Produce and file various legal documents such as appeals, motions or petitions
• Preserve an updated case record system
• Answer phone calls, take notes/messages and redirect calls when appropriate
• Maintain and update inventories of contact details
• Facilitate the meeting of deadlines by keeping multiple agendas and provide timely reminders

Requirements

• 3-5 years proven experience as legal secretary
• Knowledge of constitution, legal terminology, regulations and court system
• Knowledge of MS Office and ability to work with legal technology (court-filing computer systems, transcription software, dictaphone etc)
• Working knowledge of litigation management software systems is a plus
• Outstanding time-management and typing skills
• Ability to multitask and being comfortable dealing with a diverse pool of people

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  EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS
  3050 S. National Ste. 200
  Springfield, MO 65804

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