D3 Search is currently recruiting a Legal Secretary for a well-established and highly respected CA-based regional law practice with a growing office located in San Diego, CA (92101).

Position Title:

Legal Secretary

• Note: 3.5+ yrs. of litigation experience is REQUIRED.

Location | Map:

San Diego, CA (92101)

Employer Work Model:

• Note: Flexible hybrid 1-2 days onsite (max) / 3-4 days remote work model.

Employment Status:

Full-time | direct hire employment opportunity. Non-exempt role.

Position Summary:

Mid-sized women-owned education law firm with statewide practice representing school and community college districts seeks a Legal Secretary . The ideal candidate will possess at least 3 years of litigation experience.

Essential duties and responsibilities include:

• Prepare documents including correspondence, memoranda and legal documents; compose and draft routine cover letters and shell documents
• Prepare and process court and administrative agency filings, as well as maintain and review corresponding Compulaw calendaring
• Proofread documents for content and clarity and create redlines
• Provide heavy, executive-level administrative support to maintain accurate calendars for assigned attorneys, as well as client and administrative files
• Prepare and process new client and matter forms. Coordinate with accounting to prepare fee agreements, engagement letters, and vendor invoices
• Prepare expense reports and make travel arrangements
• Create presentations using tools such as PowerPoint, as well as create and work with PDFs

Qualifications include:

• Detail-oriented, proactive, organized and possess excellent follow through skills
• Able to work under pressure while managing multiple deadlines/priorities
• Accuracy, speed and professionalism
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively within a team environment
• Must be able to coordinate complex scheduling for multiple individuals
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, demonstrated understanding of correct grammar, spelling and punctuation
• Strong computer proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and various legal software applications (including CompuLaw preferred); experience manipulating PDFs in Adobe; experience working with a document management system; and E-filing experience
• High school diploma or GED and 3+ years of legal secretarial experience required
• At least three (3) years of litigation experience REQUIRED
• Law firm experience REQUIRED
• Ability to work overtime as needed
• Paralegal certificate preferred/not required.
• Experience in education law a plus

Salary/Compensation/Health Benefits :

Salary is up to 89.7K (DOE/DOQ) plus a comprehensive & robust health benefits package, 401K, generous PTO, paid parking onsite, and many other notable employee-centered perks, etc.

If qualified and interested in this active/open Legal Secretary role situated in San Diego, CA (92101), and you meet the above qualifications/requirements, please contact the following D3 rep.:

Don Moser | D3 Search

| ?? 213-785-2485

D3 Legal Search LLC (aka D3 Search), and its clients are equal opportunity employers. Pursuant to local ordinances, we will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.