Job Description
Title: Legal Secretary / Legal Assistant
Location: Tallahassee, FL (Onsite)
Duration: 9+ Months
Type: Contract
Position Summary:
Client is looking for a paralegal/legal secretary with strong experience who is
familiar with the Florida court systems and working with 3-4 attorneys. Must have
experience filing documents with the court, contacting judge assistance, manage
attorney case files, attorney calendars and knowledge of general court systems.
Qualified candidates will be performing basic word processing, using templates to
draft correspondence and creating documents.
Contractor Duties
Skills
Location: Tallahassee, FL (Onsite)
Duration: 9+ Months
Type: Contract
Position Summary:
Client is looking for a paralegal/legal secretary with strong experience who is
familiar with the Florida court systems and working with 3-4 attorneys. Must have
experience filing documents with the court, contacting judge assistance, manage
attorney case files, attorney calendars and knowledge of general court systems.
Qualified candidates will be performing basic word processing, using templates to
draft correspondence and creating documents.
Contractor Duties
- The legal assistant acts as the legal secretary for assigned attorneys
- Formatting, finalizing, typing, and filing documents.
- Preparing letters and legal documents from drafts.
- Filing pleadings and motions with appropriate tribunals.
- Serving or arranging service of legal documents, and maintaining attorney case
- files.
- Prepares subpoenas, discovery requests, schedules hearings, trials, depositions,
- and arranges facilities as directed.
- Retaining and scheduling court reporters and obtaining transcripts.
- Performing general secretarial duties such as phone calls and travel arrangements.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, including Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint
- Closing case files, and supporting office management as needed.
Skills
- Ability to speak and understand English
- Must possess at least a high school diploma
- Associates of Bachelors degree
- Experience working as a paralegal or legal secretary
- Proficient using Microsoft Office, including Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint
- Experience preparing legal documents and subpoenas
- Experience preparing discovery requests and scheduling hearings, trials and depositions
- Experience formatting, finalizing, typing and filing documents
- Experience preparing letters and legal documents from drafts
- Experience filing pleadings and motions with appropriate tribunals
- Experience managing executive management daily calendars
- Experience managing travel arrangements
- Experience working in the Florida Courts systems
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Tallahassee, FL |
| Industry | Computer/IT Services |
| Company Size | 20 to 49 employees |
| Year Founded | 2002 |
| Website | http://crescensinc.com/ |
About Company
Crescens Inc. is an industry leader in providing IT staffing services and tailored workforce solutions to meet the demanding expectations and distinctive needs of clients across the United States and Canada. We have grown tremendously in the past years and have been applauded by our clients for the quality of workforce and the quick turnaround time. We have evolved from good service to great service and all management plans are geared towards quality.
Our vision is to be the best in Talent Acquisition and strive for excellence consistently by focusing on four performance dimensions; Quality, Efficiency, Cost and Risk. A satisfied client and candidate are the backbone to our continued success. Headquartered in New Jersey, we are a team with unique expertise to deliver exceptional results to our clients by setting benchmarks and establishing best practices.
Skills
- Administrative Skillsunmatched
- Attorneyunmatched
- Calendar Managementunmatched
- English Languageunmatched
- High School Diplomaunmatched
- Journalismunmatched
- Legalunmatched
- Legal Documentsunmatched
- Legal Support Skillsunmatched
- Microsoft Excelunmatched
- Microsoft Officeunmatched
- Microsoft Outlookunmatched
- Microsoft PowerPointunmatched
- Microsoft Wordunmatched
- Office Managementunmatched
- Paralegalunmatched
- Travel Planningunmatched
- Word Processingunmatched
- Writing Skillsunmatched
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