Legal Secretary

Jackson Lewis P.C.

$81K — $93K *
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Minimum 3 years experience as a litigation secretary in a law firm; labor and employment law experience preferred.
  • Knowledge of state and federal court rules and procedures.
  • Strong understanding of legal terminology and court filings.
  • Experience with trial preparation and briefs.
  • Punctual with an excellent attendance record.
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, including proofreading.
  • Ability to manage deadlines, prioritize tasks, and show initiative.
  • Proficient in Office Suite and law firm software.

Responsibilities

  • Support multiple attorneys in labor and employment law matters.
  • Prepare and revise legal documents, pleadings, and correspondence.
  • Conduct legal research and e-file pleadings.
  • Maintain calendars and manage time records for attorneys.
  • Travel arrangements and expense reimbursement assistance.
  • Serve as a liaison for internal and external communications.
  • Assist with billing review and client communications.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Flexible Spending and Health Savings Account
  • Firm-paid holidays, vacation, and sick time
  • Employee assistance program and additional firm benefits.
Full Job Description
The legal secretary supports multiple labor and employment litigation attorneys (4+) by providing a full range of support, including, but not limited to, preparation/revision of correspondence, pleadings and documents; e-file pleadings; conducting legal research; calendar maintenance; and various office and client filing. As an integral part of the team, this team member also is involved with office wide administrative functions.

The successful candidate is a very organized, detail-oriented team player possessing at least 3 years recent litigation secretary experience (including electronic filing).

Essential Functions
  • Engage in the work of the attorney by demonstrating knowledge and status of current cases and projects, utilizing available resources in order to achieve.
  • Provide support for four+ attorneys in employment law matters and backup support as needed.
  • Act as liaison between internal departments and outside agencies.
  • Prepare/revise correspondence, pleadings, documents and other clerical assignments as directed.
  • Handle a wide variety of complex and confidential time-sensitive material.
  • Work with teams to complete conflict checks and open new client engagements as requested.
  • Communicate with clients on a regular basis.
  • Assist with billing review, inquiries and collections.
  • Maintain calendars, CLE, reports and time records.
  • Book and organize travel arrangements as needed; assist with expense reimbursement.
  • Maintain docketing for litigation attorneys.
  • Transcribe electronic dictation, and schedule depositions.
  • Various office and client filing.
  • Proofreading documents.
  • Other office administrative functions as needed.

Qualifications/Skills Required
  • At least 3 years recent experience in a legal administrative assistant role within a law firm supporting litigation attorneys, experience with labor and employment law a plus.
  • Familiarity with state and federal rules and procedures, as well as procedures with state and federal agencies.
  • Must have a solid understanding of technical legal terminology as well as court filings.
  • Experienced with trial preparation and briefs.
  • Punctual with excellent attendance.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, as well as excellent proofreading skills.
  • Ability to timely respond to deadlines, balance workload and take initiative.
  • Proficient with Office Suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Experience with law firm software including billing, expense, document management, etc. is a plus.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work well in cooperative, small office environment and communicate with attorneys and support staff on every level.

Educational Requirements
  • High School diploma or equivalent required.
  • 4-year college degree preferred.


For Colorado, the expected salary range for this position is between $39.00 and $45.00. The actual compensation will be determined based on experience and other factors permitted by law.

Jackson Lewis offers a competitive benefits package that includes:
  • Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Flexible Spending and Health Savings Account
  • Firm-paid holidays, vacation and sick time
  • Employee assistance program and other firm benefits


This job will be posted on 7/21/2026 and we anticipate it will remain open for at least 30 days.

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