Legal Secretary
Hand Arendall Harrison Sale is seeking an organized, detail-oriented Legal Secretary to provide dedicated administrative support to a team of two to three attorneys in our Mobile office. This is a full-time, in-person position and is not part of a pooled support team.
Key responsibilities include:
- Preparing, formatting, proofreading, and filing legal documents and correspondence
- Completing electronic court filings and monitoring applicable deadlines
- Maintaining attorney calendars and scheduling meetings, depositions, and travel
- Organizing case files, trial materials, document indexes, and closing files
- Entering attorney time and assisting with billing-related administrative tasks
- Handling telephone calls, mail, client communications, and conference-room preparation
- Conducting basic legal research and assisting with litigation support, as requested
- Maintaining confidentiality and providing professional service to clients, attorneys, and staff
- Assisting other legal support staff as workload permits
Qualified candidates should have strong organizational, communication, proofreading, and technology skills, including proficiency with Microsoft Office and legal document-management, calendaring, timekeeping, and electronic-filing systems. Experience with Aderant is preferred but not required. Prior legal-secretarial or legal-assistant experience is strongly preferred.
Benefits include:
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage with Firm premium contributions
- Firm-paid life, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance
- Paid time off and 11 paid holidays annually
- Firm 401(k) contribution
Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Location: Mobile, Alabama — in office