Job Description
Requirements
Ability to speak and understand English. Required.
High school diploma at minimum. Required.
3 to 5 years of experience working as a paralegal or legal secretary. Required, 3 years.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint. Required, 3 years.
Experience preparing legal documents and subpoenas. Required, 3 years.
Experience preparing discovery requests and scheduling hearings, trials, and depositions. Required, 3 years.
Experience formatting, finalizing, typing, and filing documents. Required, 3 years.
Experience preparing letters and legal documents from drafts. Required, 3 years.
Experience filing pleadings and motions with the appropriate tribunals. Required, 3 years.
Experience managing daily calendars for executive management. Required, 2 years.
Experience managing travel arrangements. Required, 1 year.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience working within the Florida court systems. Highly desired.
Associate's or Bachelor's degree. Desired.
Experience supporting a team of 3 to 4 attorneys.
Additional Requirements
Work environment is an office setting.
Dress code is appropriate, semi professional attire.
Work Authorization
Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States.
Job Responsibilities
Act as the legal secretary for assigned attorneys.
Format, finalize, type, and file documents.
Prepare letters and legal documents from drafts.
File pleadings and motions with the appropriate tribunals.
Serve or arrange service of legal documents, and maintain attorney case files.
Prepare subpoenas and discovery requests, schedule hearings, trials, and depositions, and arrange facilities as directed.
Retain and schedule court reporters, and obtain transcripts.
Manage attorney calendars and contact judicial assistants as needed.
Perform general secretarial duties, including handling phone calls and making travel arrangements.
Close case files and support office management as needed.
Requirements
Required Qualifications
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Tallahassee, FL |
| Job Type | Contractor |
| Salary | $20–$30 Per Hour |
| Company Size | 1 - 10 |
| Year Founded | 2019 |
| Headquarters | Washington, DC, US |
| Website | https://dhakatechnology.com/ |
About Company
Great technology starts with great people. That's where we come in.
We're Dhaka Technologies Ltd, a minority-owned, E-Verified IT staffing and consulting firm headquartered in the heart of Washington, DC. For more than 7 years, we've helped government agencies and businesses scale their teams without the hiring headaches: skilled developers, cloud and network engineers, data specialists, cybersecurity pros, project managers, and AI engineers, ready when you need them.
Beyond staffing, our consultants bring deep expertise in cloud migration, infrastructure architecture, performance and capacity management, DevOps, data engineering, and software testing.
We're an approved vendor across multiple state contract vehicles including Oklahoma, Florida, Vermont, Pennsylvania, and the DC Supply Schedule and proud to be trusted by names like T-Mobile, CareFirst, and DC Health Link.
Exceptional service, at a fraction of the usual cost. That's our promise.
Skills
- Calendar Managementunmatched
- English Languageunmatched
- Executive Assistant Skills unmatched
- High School Diplomaunmatched
- Legal Support Skillsunmatched
- Microsoft Excelunmatched
- Microsoft Officeunmatched
- Microsoft Outlookunmatched
- Microsoft PowerPointunmatched
- Microsoft Wordunmatched
- Paralegalunmatched
- Travel Planningunmatched
- Willing to Travelunmatched
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