Legal Secretary (law firm experience required)

Responsibilities:

• Manage the day-to-day schedules of the attorneys. This includes regular meetings to discuss priorities and deadlines. The ability to be proactive and think ahead are key
• Assist attorneys with preparation of template contracts and other legal documentation of a routine nature. Create, edit, and proofread work product to ensure accuracy
• Maintain calendars including appointments, meetings, travel and trip plans, CLE reporting, and professional memberships for attorneys
• Provide reception coverage, welcome guests, answer attorney telephones and accurately take and relay messages
• Conference Room/Catering set ups/Parking requirements
• Handle local vendor arrangements, and invoice payments
• Prepare and maintain spreadsheets and databases for legal files and initiatives
• Processing reimbursements, expense reports and check requests
• Coordinate landlord updates and space maintenance via Building Engines
• Effectively manage projects by meeting deadlines and conducting follow-up as needed
• Input, review, edit, and convert timekeepers' time entries through Intapp Time, the firm's web-based time entry program using firm standards
• Handles monthly client billing. Reviews billing proformas for accuracy and completeness. Performs client, matter and timekeeper inquiries, and narrative edits
• Process various forms such as expense reports, and check requests utilizing ChromeRiver, new business forms utilizing Intapp, and audit letters using Forte
• Opens new matters and generates client conflict checks. Sets up and maintains timekeeper's work files, including daily and regular filing. Indexes and prepares files for off-site storage
• Prepares annual and/or supplemental audit letter responses
• Assumes responsibility for maintaining the highest level of confidentiality of all Firm and client information, records and files, both within and outside of the Firm
• File and maintain electronic documents in iManage
• Prepare documents for offsite storage utilizing LegalKey software
• Prepare and coordinate travel arrangements with travel agent
  
  
  

• Prior administrative law firm experience required
• Strong knowledge of MS Office Products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
• Knowledge of Billing; 3E or Elite Enterprise experience a plus