PeopleShare is hiring a Legal Secretary for a prestigious client in Allentown PA!
Work hybrid schedule from home and office $35-$40k salary
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Job Details for Legal Secretary :
- Schedule: Legal Secretary works from 8am-4:30pm Mon-Fri
- Pay Rate: $35-$40,000/year
- Contract to hire
Job Responsibilities & Description for Legal Secretary:
- Contacts clients for scheduling appointments to meet attorney and maintains individual attorney's calendars.
- Provides documentation production services in accordance with the requirements of the assigned attorney.
- Proofreads all documents produced, checking for appropriate formatting, spelling, and grammatical errors, as well as ensuring that all attachments, exhibits, and enclosures are intact.
- Performs routine filing and retrieves closed files when requested.
- Legal Secretary must be able to go up and down stairs to the basement to retrieve files
Job Requirements for Legal Secretary :
- The Legal Secretary reporting to a senior partner shall possess a minimum of three years' experience as an assistant in a law firm or corporate legal department environment.
- Assists attorney and paralegals through the performance of complex secretarial and clerical duties requiring knowledge of legal terminology and the legal process.
- Requires excellent knowledge of grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
- Proficient in the use of word processing and other automated equipment, including transcription equipment and software packages currently being used by the firm. Candidate will be responsible for interacting with clients, preparing legal documents & agreements, scheduling of travel arrangements, screening & directing telephone calls, handling of confidential information, and completing special projects, as necessary. Candidates must have strong skills in MS Word, excellent written and oral communication skills, attention to detail, good organizational skills, and the ability to set priorities.
- Legal Secretary must have good physical mobility, ability to operate equipment such as word processor, computer, copy machine, telephone and fax; ability to communicate clearly - both orally and in writing - to read and prepare legal and other materials, to work in stressful conditions under time deadlines.
- Legal background in Real Estate or Litigation
- Ability to work in office
PeopleShare is the leading Staffing Agency in the region and has temporary to hire and permanent jobs in Pennsylvania (PA) throughout the Lehigh Valley - Allentown, Easton, Bethlehem, Fogelsville, Breinigsville, Trexlertown, and Quakertown, as well as Philadelphia, King of Prussia, and Pottstown. We have openings for receptionist, data entry, customer service, collections, office managers, call center, administrative assistant, accounts payable clerk, accounts receivable clerk, legal secretary, file clerk, warehouse, assembly, production, pickers, packers, forklift, machine operators, and maintenance mechanics.
PeopleShare and its affiliate (Best Practices Staffing) provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic disposition, neurodiversity, disability, veteran status, or any other protected category or class under federal, state, and/or local laws. This policy applies to all locations and all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
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