Legal Secretary

3 or more years of legal secretarial experience

Your first 90 days will be in the office. We offer a hybrid schedule following your probationary period where employees enjoy 2 remote days a week

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.

High school diploma or equivalent required; additional education preferred

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

The habit of spotting calendaring conflicts and deadline risks before anyone raises them and bringing them forward with a proposed solution

Ability to set priorities work independently and on a team and respond to changing demands

Salary DOE. 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. Hybrid schedule after your first 90 days. Generous paid time off.

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Hartline Barger LLP founded in 1994 serves clients across the country from five offices in Dallas Houston and Corpus Christi Texas and Albuquerque and Santa Fe New Mexico. Nationally recognized in product liability litigation and across personal injury defense commercial litigation toxic torts and warranty and deceptive trade practice litigation we built our firm with lawyers who simply stated like to try cases.

Hartline Barger LLP is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Contact if you need an accommodation during the application process.