LEGAL SECRETARY
BATON ROUGE
This role provides advanced, confidential administrative and legal support to senior attorneys, including preparing, proofreading, and managing legal documents, correspondence, and records. The position requires independent judgment while coordinating communications, filings, attorney support tasks, and select trial or project-based activities.
THE DETAILS:
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Provide advanced administrative and legal secretarial support to senior legal leadership, handling confidential documents, correspondence, records management, and day-to-day legal operations.
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Prepare, format, proofread, and manage legal documents including memoranda, correspondence, pleadings, contracts, and legal opinion letters, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
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Exercise independent judgment and discretion while coordinating calendars, communications, filings, audits, records retention, and assisting with trial preparation and public records requests.
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Support attorneys with expense reports, travel, registrations, and cross-functional projects, while providing backup administrative coverage as needed.
BENEFITS:
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6+ weeks PTO
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Excellent benefits
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Company paid study time & certification courses
QUALIFICATIONS:
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3+ years of experience in a similar role