Overview
Litigation Legal Secretary Jobs in Oakland, CA at Donahue Fitzgerald
Full Job Description
Donahue Fitzgerald LLP provides its clients a full range of civil legal services across a broad spectrum of areas and expertise. Our clients range from individuals, sole proprietorships, closely held businesses to multinational Fortune 500 corporations, and include some of the country’s most prominent technology companies and retailers.
Essential Job Duties:
Secretarial, word processing and legal administrative support for multiple partners and associate attorneys in a variety of practice areas.
Create, revise, and format legal documents, pleadings, correspondence and forms from handwritten drafts, notes, or dictation. Apply track changes, formatting, and styles; edit, label, and redact documents; compare documents using document comparison software and produce redlined versions; ability to produce TOA and TOC
Proofread documents for spelling, grammatical, typographical and formatting errors
Assist attorneys with special projects and other general administrative duties.
Schedule and calendar meetings, depositions, hearings and court reporters
Perform legal calendaring
Assist with the opening and closing of matters
Interact with clients, visitors, attorneys and staff via telephone and email
Experience with E-filing in both State and Federal courts
Qualifications:
3+ years of experience as a litigation legal secretary within a law firm environment
Ability to support multiple attorneys in a fast-paced environment
Strong organizational skills and the ability to multi-task
Excellent interpersonal and written and oral communication skills
Ability to take direction and work independently with little or no supervision as well as part of a team
Ability to handle complex assignments and complete projects under tight deadlines, must be able to quickly adapt to changing priorities
Strong commitment to client service
Must be a team player
Excellent attention to detail and proofreading skills
Ability to work overtime on an occasional basis
Minimum Requirements:
High School diploma or GED, required
3+ years of litigation experience required
Strong knowledge with Office 365 and Adobe Acrobat or FoxIt PDF
Experience with a Document Management System such as IManage, Filesite, NetDocs
Candidate must be able to work 5 days in the office for the first 90 days and then a hybrid work schedule of 3 days in the office
This is an exciting opportunity to join a well-established firm that offers interesting work, a collaborative working environment, and competitive benefits. Interested candidates should submit their resume to [email protected], and please reference Litigation Legal Secretary in the subject line of your e-mail.
The estimated annual base salary range for this position is $80,000 – $95,0000. Salary determinations are made based on numerous factors including, but not limited to years of relevant experience and job knowledge required for this role.
Donahue Fitzgerald is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Donahue Fitzgerald, LLP will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of San Francisco Police Code, Article 49, and Administrative Code, Article 12.
Title: Litigation Legal Secretary
Company: Donahue Fitzgerald
Location: Oakland, CA
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