Legal Secretary - Litigation

Law firm in Century City is seeking a Legal Secretary speciaizing in litigation defense matters to support up to five Attorneys. The firm offers a hybrid schedule, great benefits.Duties include:Oversee the file opening process, prepare memo's and documents for conflicts, trasnfer files, prepare closing matters and close out oldPrepare and submit expense reports, check requisitions and invoicesApprove/deny vendor bills/statements, enter attorney timeMay be in charge of attorney inbox, saving emails to file, and reminding/following upPrepare document productions and eFile documentsProduce legal documents from verbal or written instructions, dictation, shorthand notes, rough drafts, or other materialsProofreads and corrects documents for correct grammar, spelling, punctuation and formatPrepares document shells, runs and cleans up TOC and TOASorts, opens, logs, and distribute incoming mail and facsimiles to attorneysFiles and serves legal documents with proper courts or tribunalsReserves court reporters for hearing and depositionsFormats and drafts pleadings and letters, gathers and compiles exhibits for briefsPrepares and assembles materials, documents, and exhibits for meetings, court appearances, and hearingsKnowledge of court rules for formatting of documents as required by each courtSchedules and arranges meetings and conferences and notifies interested partiesArranges travel for attorneysSchedules assigned attorneys calendar of meetings, conferences and hearings, calendars events/deadlines by using CompuLaw calendaring system