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Insurance Defense Legal Secretary

State FarmFort Lauderdale, FL
Hybrid

About The Position

Being good neighbors – helping people, investing in our communities, and making the world a better place – is who we are at State Farm. It is at the core of how we operate and the reason for our success. Come join a #1 team and do some good! Grow Your Skills, Grow Your Potential. As a Fortune 50 company, we hire the best employees to serve our customers, making us a leader in the insurance and financial services industry. In 2024, the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity named State Farm a Top Performer and Compass Award Winner. Additionally, Fortune named State Farm one of the World’s Most Admired Companies. Our mission is to provide high quality legal services in a cost-effective manner and to act as strategic thinking partners for our client and customers. To succeed, we need self-starters who are agile, creative, collaborative, strategic, passionate, and communicative. Nicholas J. Ryan & Associates, insurance staff counsel for State Farm Insurance Companies, is seeking a Legal Secretary to join the Fort Lauderdale, Florida Claim Litigation office. While every day can provide different experiences and opportunities, a typical day as a Legal Secretary involves supporting attorneys with calendaring and scheduling, processing mail, and electronic/paper filing. The office allows for collaborative environments with access to peer mentors. This role provides diversity of work and the opportunity for development/advancement. This role will interact with clients, courts, and counsel throughout the litigation process on behalf of the attorney. The position is classified as a hybrid role, meaning that the work arrangement calls for hours in the office and virtually. Everyone in a hybrid role is required to spend time in the office. Work arrangements could change over time based on business needs. Hours for the position are Monday-Friday 8:30am-5:00pm. The team is comprised of multiple roles and levels including Legal Administrative Support, Legal Secretary, and Paralegal.

Requirements

  • 2-6 years of recent civil defense litigation secretarial experience preferably in insurance defense
  • Calendaring and scheduling experience within a legal environment
  • Strong organizational skills, prioritizing urgent and non-urgent tasks (items with deadlines, handling demands), multitasking
  • E-filing experience
  • Ability to adapt to a corporate law environment
  • Strong written and oral communication skills (proofreading, attention to detail, formatting)
  • Accurate typing skills
  • Working knowledge of Florida electronic filing system
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
  • Working knowledge of Case Management system
  • Working knowledge of Document Storage system
  • Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately. State Farm will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work opportunities.

Nice To Haves

  • Knowledge of legal and medical terminology, local and state rules regarding pleadings and pre-trial matters, deadlines, and filing requirement (strongly preferred)

Responsibilities

  • Apply specialized knowledge of legal procedures
  • Calendar management, processing mail, electronic/paper filing
  • Schedule litigation events, including depositions, mediations and hearings

Benefits

  • compensation is based on our standard 38:45-hour work week!
  • Potential starting salary range: $51,886.25 - $68,000.00
  • Starting salary will be based on skills, background, and experience
  • High end of the range limited to applicants with significant relevant experience
  • Potential yearly incentive pay up to 9% of base salary
  • annual raise and bonus
  • robust health and wellbeing programs
  • State Farm pays most of your healthcare premium
  • multiple healthcare plan options, including a high deductible plan
  • All medical plans provide 100% coverage for in-network preventative care
  • vision
  • dental
  • telemedicine
  • 24/7 mental health professionals
  • educational benefits like industry leading training programs
  • top-notch tuition assistance programs
  • employee resource groups
  • mentoring
  • fertility/IVF/adoption assistance
  • college coaching
  • national discount programs
  • interactive monthly financial workshops
  • free financial coaching
  • savings account or consider financing through our State Farm Federal Credit Union!
  • generous time off policies
  • opportunity to initially earn up to 20 days annually
  • parental leave
  • paid holidays
  • celebration day
  • life leave (40 hours/year)
  • bereavement leave
  • community service/education support days
  • Matching Gift Program
  • Good Neighbor Grant Program
  • Employee Assistance Fund
  • free financial advisors
  • 401(k) plan with company contributions of up to 7% of your salary

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