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Aptara · 1 day ago

Legal Secretary - Litigation

Oakland, CA

Contract

Hybrid

Mid Level

$39/hr - $39/hr

4+ years exp

Aptara is seeking a Legal Secretary specializing in litigation to prepare legal documents and manage schedules for court appearances. The role involves ensuring accurate filings and timely communication with various parties involved in legal proceedings.

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Responsibilities

Prepares correspondence, forms, templates, legal documents, and e-filing on behalf of attorneys

Ensures correspondence, forms, templates, legal documents, and e-filings are accurate and complete

Reviews notices of meetings, hearings, depositions, interviews, settlements, and conferences for consideration with attorneys

Ensures notifications to attorneys, witnesses, and other interested/relevant parties are timely, accurate, clear, concise, and complete

Monitors and reviews the calendars for court and regulatory agency/commission appearances, and due dates of pleadings, depositions, hearings, meetings, and resolves all scheduling issues

Evaluates and develops recommendations regarding the transmission, extraction, conversion, and dissemination of information from various forms of communication

Ensures the transmission of materials, correspondence, and communications to clients, witnesses, and federal, state, and local court officials and regulatory agencies/commissions are timely, accurate, clear, concise, and complete. Responds and resolves escalated inquiries, requests and correspondence regarding meetings, hearings, cases, and court/regulatory proceedings

Qualification

Litigation experienceLegal document preparationLegal researchMicrosoft Office proficiencyRegulatory agency knowledgeLegal writingOrganizational skillsInterpersonal skillsOral communicationConfidentiality