Direct Hire Paralegal/Legal Secretary Role

Are you an experienced paralegal/litigation secretary interested in a full-time position in South Bay area, CA? Our client, a law firm, is seeking an experienced litigation paralegals with secretary experience to provide high-level legal support to a team of attorneys. The right candidate is professional, tech savvy and able to handle multiple priorities and work in an organized, efficient manner. The successful candidate will effectively manage all aspects of the professional responsibilities of the assigned attorneys.

Duties & Responsibilities

• An experienced litigation legal secretary with 5+years of experience is required. Coordination of discovery shells, creation of legal documents as well as the editing, proofreading, and processing of legal documents upon request of assigned attorneys, including correspondence, memoranda, discovery, MSJ, pleadings, or other practice specific documents

• Strong experience with state and federal e-filing (both paper & electronic), manual calendaring (outlook), supporting 3 to 4 attorneys. Preference is defense litigation, TOA/TOC, collaborating with staff regarding Administrative Support for paralegals and attorneys.

• Assists with overflow work and other special projects as assigned.

• Knowledge of Outlook, Compu law, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of solid litigation secretary experience

• Strong experience with state/federal e filing, calendaring, TOA/TOC.

Responsibilities:

• Discovery, arbitrations, and trials in complex cases.

• Draft complex legal documents.

• Federal and state e-filing.

Experience:

• 3+ years as a litigation paralegal with trial experience (defense).

• eDiscovery experience.

• Experience with Relativity, Westlaw, and Lexis/Nexis.

• Experience with Cite-Checking and Blue Booking.

Qualifications:

• Paralegal Certificate highly preferred

• Bachelor’s degree.

• Flexible work environment offering hybrid in office 3Days /2Days from home schedules after 60day probationary period.

  • Benefits include-medical, dental, vision and life insurance (100% paid by employer), 401K, PTO and provide parking.

  • Compensation $80,000-100,000k DOE

Compensation and Benefits

Benefits include-medical, dental, vision and life insurance (100% paid by employer), 401K, PTO and provide parking.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

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The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

• The California Fair Chance Act


• Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance


• Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers


• San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

  Flexible work environment offering hybrid in office 3Days /2Days from home schedules after 90day probationary period.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Military connected talent encouraged to apply

To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please navigate to https://www-uat.lhh.com/us/en/candidate-privacy

The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

• The California Fair Chance Act
• Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
• Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
• San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Massachusetts Candidates Only: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.