Job Description
Job Description
Job Title: Litigation Legal Secretary
Location: Louisville, KY, 40202
Salary/Payrate: $65K-$85K
Work Environment: Hybrid (4 days in office/1 WFH)
Term: Direct Hire
Bachelor’s degree required: No
Referral Fee: AMS will pay $500 should the person you refer gets hired
JOB DESCRIPTION
Our client, a highly respected, nationally recognized law firm, is seeking an experienced Legal Secretary to support its Louisville team. This position offers an opportunity to join a collaborative legal team and provide comprehensive administrative, clerical, and litigation support to attorneys and legal professionals.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare, draft, edit, revise, and format legal documents, including briefs, pleadings, motions, correspondence, memoranda, reports, and other legal materials.
- Manage the submission, filing, and processing of legal documents in state and federal courts, including electronic filing (e-filing) through applicable court systems.
- Review, proofread, and quality-check legal documents to ensure accuracy, consistency, completeness, and compliance prior to distribution, submission, or court filing.
- Maintain, organize, update, and manage physical and electronic client files, records, and case materials.
- Coordinate attorney schedules, maintain calendars, arrange meetings, track deadlines, manage court dates, and schedule appointments utilizing Outlook and Milana.
- Arrange, coordinate, and oversee business travel, lodging, transportation, and related logistics for assigned attorneys.
- Enter, review, audit, and revise attorney time entries and timesheets, ensuring proper coding, billing classifications, and litigation-related task codes when applicable.
- Prepare, process, and reconcile attorney expense reports, reimbursements, mileage submissions, and related documentation.
- Provide professional, courteous, and responsive telephone support while serving as a primary point of contact for attorneys, clients, courts, vendors, and other stakeholders.
- Assist with front desk coverage and receptionist responsibilities as needed.
- Review, verify, and process vendor invoices, payment requests, check requisitions, and billing documentation while ensuring timely submission to accounting departments or clients.
- Support billing functions through the preparation, review, editing, and submission of pre-bills, client invoices, and related billing materials.
- Coordinate and manage administrative workflows, document production, and day-to-day operational support within the litigation practice.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent required; associate's degree, bachelor's degree, or additional post-secondary education preferred.
- Minimum of five years of experience working as a Legal Secretary, Litigation Secretary, Legal Administrative Assistant, or Legal Support Professional within a law firm environment.
- Proficiency with legal research, case management, and litigation support platforms, including LexisNexis, PACER, ECF, Aderant Milana, and Concur.
- Strong understanding of legal terminology, litigation procedures, court rules, legal documentation, and case management processes.
- Demonstrated ability to prepare, generate, edit, and manage Tables of Contents, Tables of Authorities, indexes, and other complex legal document components.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- Experience utilizing document management systems, timekeeping software, database applications, e-filing platforms, and legal technology tools.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with exceptional attention to detail, organization, accuracy, and follow-through.
- Ability to prioritize competing deadlines, manage multiple assignments simultaneously, and perform effectively in a fast-paced legal environment.
- Strong interpersonal skills and a commitment to providing high-quality administrative and legal support services.