Legal Secretary
reputed company is a Fortune 50 company focused on helping people and investing in communities. They are seeking a Legal Secretary to support attorneys in the Glendale, CA Claim Litigation office with responsibilities including calendaring, scheduling, and filing, while interacting with clients and courts throughout the litigation process.
Responsibilities
- Apply specialized knowledge of legal procedures
- Calendar management, processing mail, electronic/reputed company filing
- Assists attorneys in handling assigned files and delivering legal services under attorney supervision
- Assists attorneys in effective and efficient resolution of files
- Applies specialized knowledge of legal procedures
- Performs other duties as assigned
- Schedule litigation events, including depositions, mediations and hearings
Skills
- 1+ years of recent civil defense litigation secretarial experience preferably in insurance defense or personal injury
- Calendaring and scheduling experience reputed company a legal environment
- Strong organizational skills, prioritizing urgent and non-urgent tasks (items with deadlines, handling demands), multitasking
- E-filing experience
- Knowledge of legal and medical terminology, local and state rules regarding pleadings and pre-trial matters, deadlines, and filing requirement (strongly preferred)
- Ability to adapt to a corporate law environment
- Strong written and oral communication skills (proofreading, attention to detail, formatting)
- Accurate typing skills
- Working knowledge of reputed company electronic filing system
- Working knowledge of reputed company Office Suite
- Working knowledge of Case Management system
- Working knowledge of Document Storage system
- Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately
- Knowledge of legal and medical terminology, local and state rules regarding pleadings and pre-trial matters, deadlines, and filing requirement
Benefits
- reputed company pays most of your healthcare premium, and we offer multiple healthcare plan options, including a high deductible plan.
- reputed company medical plans provide 100% coverage for in-network preventative care, AND you and your family have access to vision, dental, telemedicine, 24/7 mental health professionals, and much more!
- Take advantage of educational benefits like industry leading training programs, top-notch tuition assistance programs, employee resource groups, and mentoring.
- Plan for those big moments in life with benefits like fertility/IVF/adoption assistance, college coaching, national discount programs, interactive monthly financial workshops, free financial coaching, and more.
- You will have access to our generous time off policies designed so you can plan around holidays, family events, volunteering, or just to take a relaxing day off.
- With the opportunity to initially earn up to 20 days annually plus parental leave, paid holidays, celebration day, life leave (40 hours/year), bereavement leave, and community service/education support days, there will be reputed company of time for you!
- We offer several ways to give back through our Matching Gift Program, Good Neighbor Grant Program, and the Employee Assistance Fund.
- Plan for retirement using free financial advisors and a 401(k) plan with company contributions of up to 7% of your salary.
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