Legal Secretary - Bilingual Spanish
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS
Small boutique Texas litigation firm with primary PI practice seeks an experienced and bilingual (Spanish) Legal Secretary to join their team as a full time employee.
The Legal Secretary provides advanced legal, administrative and secretarial support to assigned attorneys and other staff. The position is responsible producing accurate and timely legal and administrative work through a smooth running, well organized infrastructure. Duties include:
- scheduling hearings, meetings, depositions, travel
- preparing briefs and other legal documents and correspondence
- docketing cases and maintain court dockets and diaries, maintaining calendars and tracking information, resources
- efiling procedures- pacer, and state courts
- pre-suit, court rules, forms, processes and procedure
- making and maintaining legal files, correspondence, and documents
- familiarity with Dropbox and Google
- reminders to attorney and reports
- technical assistance to others Qualifications include: High School Diploma, GED, or higher education
5 years of full-time experience in legal secretarial work
Bilingual Spanish, oral/written
Strong and effective writing and verbal communications skills
Demonstrated ability to work effectively with others
Acts on directions from more than 1 individual, prioritizes accordingly, and independently follows through with minimal supervision and guidance. Excellent detail-orientation, follow-up skills and organizational skills.
The ability to multi-task and work under challenging conditions while meeting required deadlines
Demonstrated ability to manage workload so that services are delivered timely and appropriately.
Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office suite especially: Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Computer knowledge
High degrees of integrity, ethics and judgment
REFERENCES REQUIRED
Job Type: Full-time
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
Experience:
- Legal administrative: 3 years (Required)
Language:
- Spanish (Required)
License/Certification:
- Certified Notary Public (Required)
Ability to Commute:
- Spring, TX 77380 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Spring, TX 77380: Relocate before starting work (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
