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Hiring Legal Secretary for litigation defense practice.

FLEX represents a litigation defense firm on the Northshore in the Covingington/Mandeville area of Louisiana. This position requires a legal secretary to support attorneys, paralegals, and other members of the firm with a series of administrative functions. Therefore, the candidate will have to have effective time management and organizational skills, coupled with the ability to be detail-oriented. Skills and tasks will include:

• Maintain and manage attorneys' files, calendars, mail, phone calls, and travel arrangements;
• Maintain and organize all case file documents in hard copy and electronic form;
• Schedule depositions, court reporters, hearings, mediations, settlement conferences, client meetings, witness meetings, etc.;
• Assist with the drafting and finalization of pleadings, motions, discovery, briefs, and correspondence on behalf of attorneys;
• Assist with the drafting and management of discovery documents and documents produced and received in discovery;
• Prepare and issue subpoenas;
• Manage all filings in state and federal court, including e-filings, fax filings, and in-person filings;
• Assist attorneys with reviewing and inputting billable time.