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Litigation Legal Secretary

United States, Walnut Creek · Job Posted January 15, 2026
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Job Responsibility

  • Secretarial, word processing, and legal administrative support for multiple partners and associate attorneys in a variety of practice areas
  • Create, revise, and format legal documents, pleadings, correspondence, and forms from handwritten drafts, notes, or dictation
  • Apply track changes, formatting, and styles
  • edit, label, and redact documents
  • compare documents using document comparison software and produce redlined versions
  • ability to produce TOA and TOC
  • Proofread documents for spelling, grammatical, typographical, and formatting errors
  • Experience with E-filing in both State and Federal courts
  • Assist attorneys with special projects and other general administrative duties
  • Schedule and calendar meetings, depositions, hearings, and court reporters
  • Perform legal calendaring
  • Assist with the opening and closing of matters
  • Interact with clients, visitors, attorneys, and staff via telephone and email

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience as a litigation legal secretary within a law firm environment
  • Ability to support multiple attorneys in a fast-paced environment
  • Strong organizational skills and the ability to multitask
  • Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
  • Ability to take direction and work independently with little or no supervision, as well as part of a team
  • Ability to handle complex assignments and complete projects under tight deadlines, must be able to adapt to changing priorities quickly
  • Strong commitment to client service
  • Must be a team player
  • Excellent attention to detail and proofreading skills
  • Ability to work overtime on an occasional basis
  • High School diploma or GED, required
  • 3+ years of litigation experience required
  • Strong knowledge with Office 365 and Adobe Acrobat or FoxIt PDF
  • Experience with a Document Management System such as IManage, Filesite, NetDocs
  • Candidate must be able to work 5 days in the office for the first 90 days, and then a hybrid work schedule of 3 days in the office

What we offer

  • medical, vision, dental, and life and disability insurance
  • eligible to enroll in our company 401(k) plan
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