Birmingham, AL
Regional and highly reputable law firm seeking a motivated and organized legal secretary with insurance litigation experience to support its Birmingham office. As a legal secretary, you will be responsible for providing administrative support to 2-3 attorneys and legal staff to ensure smooth and efficient functioning of the legal office. Your attention to detail and excellent communication skills will be essential in this role.
Responsibilities:
1. Ensure attorney time sheets are entered into time and billing system
2. Maintain electronic files
3. Prepare legal documents, correspondence, memoranda, drafts, and other legal documents from written and oral drafts or dictation
4. Prepare court electronic filing
5. Maintain high level of professionalism, communication, grammar, and spelling
6. Draft complaints and answers, routine notices, affidavits, motions and petitions, contracts, and closing documents
7. Establish, organize and maintain attorney trial notebooks, expert witness notebooks, document indexes, reports and lists
8. Maintain calendar and deadline reminder system
9. Conduct periodic review of files
10. Receive clients and visitors maintaining good public relations
Benefits:
1. Firm provided medical coverage
2. Firm provided dental and vision
3. Firm provided life, short term and long term disability insurance
4. Eleven paid holidays annually
5. Vacation, sick, and personal time
6. 7.5% Firm 401(k) contribution
Requirements:
1. Prior experience in Insurance Litigation in a law firm
2. Ability to read and write with excellent grammar and spelling
3. Ability to organize and prioritize
4. Excellent interpersonal skills