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Description Our client, a premier law firm in Manhattan, is looking to add a Legal Secretary/Practice Assistant to their team. Your responsibilities will include assisting attorneys in managing the litigation discovery process, document collection and preservation, document review, document production tasks, and maintaining the case filing systems. Word processing duties will include preparing briefs and other lengthy indexed documents. You will be expected to coordinate with litigation teams on specific assignments, providing such assistance as scheduling, drafting basic correspondence, preparing documents for trial and filing documents electronically. You will also be required to interact successfully with attorneys, court personnel and staff from opposing law firms.Requirements Hands-on experience with legal correspondence and court filing procedures
Be efficient in database management
Experience with creating Table of Authorities/Table of Contents
Ability to communicate verbally and in writing effectively throughout all levels of the company
Prowess with word processing and spreadsheets highly sought after
Court Filings experience
-Experience with Pacer
Proficiency in federal court
Solid understanding of Court Filings
Draft Legal Documents experience preferred
3+ years of prior relevant experience
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