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Beacon Hill Legal is seeking a Litigation Legal Secretary for our client a top tier Texas litigation firm. This position supports a busy equity partner. The Secretary must have 10+ years of experience and will provide secretarial support to 4+ attorneys for our Insurance Litigation and Coverage Section.

Job Duties:

• Provides administrative support to litigation attorneys in the practice of law.
• Assists in preparing for hearings, trials, mediations, arbitrations, depositions, meetings, etc. in a fast-paced, high-volume litigation practice.
• Types pleadings, discovery, briefs, status reports, and correspondence from dictation.
• Maintains, organizes, and manages client files.
• Dockets/calendars deadlines.
• Organizes & sorts of emails for attorneys.
• Manages electronic and paper filing systems (state and federal).
• Enters attorney time into billing system.
• Assist with billing and appeals of deductions.
• Exercises discretion and maintains information of a confidential nature.
• Handles multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Assists with providing coverage when other secretaries are out of the office.
• Works occasional overtime, as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Ten plus (10+) years of recent litigation experience in a law firm. Defense litigation experience is important.
• Advanced knowledge of the litigation process; rules of procedure; excellent litigation, secretarial, grammar, and proofreading skills.
• High proficiency in MS Office Suite.
• Ability to operate standard office equipment.
• Experience with electronic court filings (state and federal).
• Familiarity with DMS (document management system), preferably iManage.
• Ability to turn constructive feedback into best practices for future use.
• Ability to communicate professionally and effectively with co-workers, clients, courts and opposing counsel and be proactive about seeking clarification of ambiguities.
• Ability to read and understand attorney mail and email.
• Typing speed of 65+ words per minute.

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