Legal Assistant at Vizelia in Los Angeles, California, United States

Responsibilities

• Draft letters, discovery response and pleading shells. Edit legal documents, reports, in
• prescribed forms, expanding or editing to produce form of composition. Proficient
• knowledge of creating Table of Contents and Table of Authorities.
• Performs numerous office tasks involving word processing, answering the telephone,
• screening calls; schedules appointments; client contact, obtaining and relaying
• information and messages, answering routine matters on own initiative, arranges
• deposition and court reporters; court calls.
• Other tasks: files records, legal documents, correspondence and other items. Various
• administrative tasks including scanning, faxing and copying documents. Creating hearing
• binders and assist with trial preparation; types timesheets for accounting purposes.

Requirements

• The Litigation Secretary shall possess a minimum of two years' experience as a secretary
• in a law firm practicing Litigation/Labor & Employment. Will assist attorneys and
• paralegals through the performance of complex secretarial and clerical duties requiring
• knowledge of legal terminology and the legal process. Requires excellent clerical skills
• and knowledge of grammar, spelling and punctuation. Shall be proficient in the use of
• MS Office and knowledgeable in other related software, including but not limited to:
• iManage, Best Authority, Adobe, LawTime, etc.
• Must have complete knowledge of court rules in state, federal, and appellate courts in
• connection with filing of various pleading documents. Must also be familiar with filing and
• serving document time constraints for both federal and state courts.

Skills

Required

• Excellent clerical skills
• Proficient in the use of MS Office