Legal Secretary

Hartline Barger LLP • Houston, TX

13d • Hybrid

About The Position

You are the operational backbone of a busy litigation team supporting our commercial litigation, product liability, and personal injury defense practice. The attorneys you support will rely on you to keep filings correct, calendars accurate, and deadlines visible before they turn into problems. You will draft, format, proofread, and redline pleadings, correspondence, and memoranda; prepare e-filings in state and federal courts; calendar depositions, productions, hearings, and trials; coordinate travel; process new client and matter intake, bills, and expense reports; and enter and review timekeeper time for accuracy. Additional hours are occasionally required during trial weeks and major filing deadlines.

Requirements

• 3 or more years of legal secretarial experience
• High school diploma or equivalent required
• Working knowledge of state and federal e-filing systems, court rules, and calendaring requirements
• Excellent written communication, including grammar, spelling, and punctuation, and familiarity with legal terminology
• Fast, accurate document production under deadline pressure
• Thorough knowledge of Word, Outlook, Excel, Adobe and PowerPoint
• Ability to set priorities, work independently and on a team, and respond to changing demands

Nice To Haves

• Additional education preferred
• The habit of spotting calendaring conflicts and deadline risks before anyone raises them, and bringing them forward with a proposed solution

Responsibilities

• Draft, format, proofread, and redline pleadings, correspondence, and memoranda
• Prepare e-filings in state and federal courts
• Calendar depositions, productions, hearings, and trials
• Coordinate travel
• Process new client and matter intake, bills, and expense reports
• Enter and review timekeeper time for accuracy

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D, and short- and long-term disability coverage
• Health savings account with monthly employer contribution on the high-deductible plan
• 401(k) with employer match
• Generous paid time off

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED