Jackson Lewis P.C. ยท 1 week ago
Litigation Legal Secretary
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Responsibilities
Coordinate attorney calendars, prevent conflicts, and make decisions regarding appointment urgency and importance.
Arrange travel itineraries, accommodations, and logistics for domestic and international trips.
Prepare and edit correspondence, presentations, reports, and assist with expense reporting and budget tracking.
Serve as the primary point of contact for internal and external inquiries, screen phone calls, and prioritize correspondence.
Organize and facilitate meetings, prepare agendas, take meeting minutes, and follow up on action items.
Handle sensitive information with discretion to attorneys, clients, and the firm.
Provide support on special projects and initiatives, including research, data analysis, and coordination with cross-functional teams.
Build and maintain positive relationships with internal teams, external partners, and clients on behalf of attorneys.
Ability to work regular overtime, including extended hours or additional shifts, as needed.
Qualification
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Required
At least five years recent litigation legal secretarial experience within a law firm, at least two of which was in the labor and employment field.
Proactive and action-oriented with excellent computer skills, including MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF).
Tech savvy, curious, proactive, and willing to explore new technologies to increase efficiency.
Ability to maintain confidentiality, demonstrate executive presence by conveying confidence, authority, professionalism, and leadership potential, and anticipate challenges in advance.
Strong relationship-building, prioritization, organization, attention to detail, and communication skills.
Excellent at prioritizing and organizing their own work and the work of their executive.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills to correspond and interact with all levels of management, external company executives, clients, and other contacts.
Ability to proofread own work and work of others for content and format accuracy
Preferred
Familiarity with state and federal rules and procedures, electronic court filings (PACER, Peach Court, and Odyssey), and Board of Director's meetings is a plus, but not a requirement
Displays the ability to see challenges in advance by being proactive versus reactive.
Builds cross-functional relationships at all levels of the company to ensure understanding of the business, leaders, and workflow.
May experience elevated levels of stress during periods of increased activity and with work entailing multiple deadlines.
Company
Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jackson Lewis P.C.is a workplace law firm.
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