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Oakland civil litigation firm seeks a self-starter, full-time legal secretary/paralegal with a minimum of 3 years’ relevant civil litigation experience. Work-from-home capability required during the Shelter-in-Place. We are a paperless, cloud-based firm (Office365 and Clio) and everything is available online. We have a statewide practice that focuses on the defense of some exciting cases that include products liability, premises liability, wrongful death, and catastrophic personal injury. To work from home, you are required to already have a PC, Windows, Microsoft Office or MSOffice365, and Adobe Acrobat Pro (not just Acrobat Reader). It is strongly recommended, though not required, that you have two separate, stand-alone monitors. You must be IT knowledgeable to maintain your own home computer and equipment. Strong litigation legal secretarial skills required. Manual calendaring. Must understand discovery and motions practice, and be experienced with efiling and scheduling/coordinating depositions. The position is about 80% legal secretarial and 20% billable paralegal work, preparing depo notices and propounding discovery. Strong technical and computer capabilities required (MS Office, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Dropbox, internet.) Skilled with TOC, TOA, Adobe Organize, Adobe Redact, Adobe Bates required. Experience with Clio preferred but not required. No paralegal certificate is required. No billable hour requirement. Strong typing (70+ wpm), grammar and proofreading skills required. Must be detail-oriented, highly organized, and manage multiple deadlines for multiple attorneys. Work hours are M-F, 8:30-5pm, with half-hour for lunch. This is a non-exempt, employee, full-time position. All responses will be held strictly confidential. Competitive salary with great benefits, including firm-paid medical, dental, vision and 401K/Defined Benefit Plan. Please send cover letter and resume. Thank you.
