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Litigation/CID (Transactional) Secretary

August 2, 2021

Employment:

Full Time

Location:

Walnut Creek, CA

We are seeking a full-time Litigation & Corporate/Transactional Legal Secretary for our Walnut Creek office . This position supports attorneys in our Litigation and Common Interest Development (CID) practices. The qualified candidate will possess 5 years of recent litigation and corporate secretarial experience.

Must be adept with e-filing in both federal and state courts and have a working knowledge of all phases of the litigation process from start to finish, including pleadings, briefs, TOA’s, TOC’s, discovery and other legal documents.

The CID practice involves creation and editing of complex legal documents. Familiarity with the following is a plus:

• Working with/preparing/editing transactional real estate documents, including land-sharing agreements, easements, bylaws, and articles of incorporation;

• Locating entities on the Secretary of State website;

• Interaction with the Department of Real Estate; and

• Preliminary reports, other title reports, phasing and subdivision maps.

Technical Proficiency Requirements:

• MS Office Suite, specifically strong Word 2010 skills (including advanced functions: track changes/redlining, adding/printing comments, cross referencing in documents);

• Extensive experience with schemes, styles and complex editing;

• Excel;

• Ability to create and manipulate PDFs;

• Experience with iManage/Filesite (or equivalent document management program); and

• FormsWorkflow (or equivalent program) (preferred).

Other responsibilities include extensive transcription, calendaring, scheduling travel arrangements and meetings for both client related and professional associations, client interaction, and other administrative tasks.

The ideal candidate possesses a great attitude with exceptional organizational and interpersonal skills. We are looking for someone who is flexible, exercises good judgment and can prioritize and multi-task well in a fast paced environment under strict deadlines, all while demonstrating a high level of professionalism. Candidates meeting these requirements, please forward cover letter and resume to Director of Human Resources. recruiting@msrlegal.com. EOE.

Company info

Miller Starr Regalia
Website : http://www.msrlegal.com