Legal Secretary - Trusts and Estates
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The Legal Secretary will provide secretarial support to a partner attorney and the San Diego Trusts and Estates practice group, consisting of two to three other Trust and Estates attorneys and a paralegal. The legal secretary will be responsible for managing all aspects of the partner attorney’s complex calendar, including scheduling/cancelling appointments, managing task lists, and tracking/processing expenses.
Legal Secretary Responsibilities:
- Manage all aspects of the partner attorney’s schedule, providing context as needed to assist in discerning priorities.
- Provide litigation support, including preparation of pleadings and efiling.
- Coordinate meetings, conference calls, etc.
- Book travel arrangements.
- Track expenses and complete expense forms.
- Screen calls, correspondence, and emails.
- Provide briefing materials for meetings.
- Retrieve and distribute mail; prepare outgoing mail/shipping.
- Greet all visitors to the office and notify appropriate person of their arrival.
- Maintain attorney mailing lists and contacts.
- Draft and proofread correspondence and documents.
- Perform general office duties, including faxing, photocopying, scanning, and filing.
- Time entry.
- Work with billing assistant to revise and send bills.
- Adhere to administrative and recordkeeping guidelines to support documentation of activities.
- Manage individual attorney and group task lists.
Legal Secretary Requirements:
- Minimum 5 years relevant work experience.
- Trusts and estates and/or litigation experience a plus, but not required.
- Candidate cannot be averse to dealing with filing deadlines, taxing authorities, or the courts.
- Superb client service skills.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Ability to work with diverse people and attitudes.
- Ability to function as a cooperative and effective team member.
- Meticulous attention to detail and grammar on professional and internal communication (email/documents/data entry).
- Strong computer competency and advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, and Excel).
- Ability to take initiative, hit the ground running, work independently and with a team with minimal supervision.
- Willing to take direction and instruction.
- Takes initiative and thinks ahead.
- Actively looks for ways to improve.
- Willing to ask questions.
- Determination to see a project through to completion.