Legal Secretary

Job Description

Legal Secretary | Trueline Talent

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Trueline’s client, located in Sacramento, CA. The client is a well-established and growing plaintiff-side law firm. This role is crucial for an experienced legal secretary to play an integral part in helping attorneys prepare complex personal injury cases for trial. It offers the chance to build a long-term career with a collaborative team.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Stable Monday through Friday schedule (8:30 AM – 5:00 PM)
• Location: In-person, Sacramento, CA
• Pay: $90000 yearly
• Mission: Serve as the primary administrative support for attorneys handling plaintiff-side personal injury litigation, ensuring cases move efficiently while delivering outstanding client service.
• Tech Stack: Case management software, CasePeer

What You’ll Actually Do
• Support: Serve as the primary administrative support for attorneys handling plaintiff-side personal injury litigation.
• Calendar: Manage a high-volume litigation calendar, coordinating court deadlines, hearings, depositions, mediations, and trial schedules.
• Documents: Draft and prepare pleadings, notices, subpoenas, discovery, correspondence, and other legal documents for filing in California state and federal courts.
• Coordination: Coordinate with clients, opposing counsel, experts, medical providers, and process servers regarding various case activities.
• Litigation Support: Maintain both electronic and physical case files and support attorneys through all phases of litigation, including trial preparation.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Experienced legal secretary with recent law firm experience within the past two years, supporting plaintiff or defense litigation matters.
• Experience: Demonstrated strong case management software experience and comfortable handling frequent client communication.
• Skills: Excellent calendaring and deadline management skills, strong understanding of California court procedures and filing deadlines, and exceptional organizational abilities.
• Bonus: Personal injury litigation experience, experience supporting attorneys through trial, coordinating expert witnesses, and discovery management experience.