About McGinnis Lochridge
For almost 100 years, McGinnis Lochridge has provided legal expertise through its offices in Austin, Houston, Dallas, McAllen and Decatur, Texas. We are the oldest law firm founded in Austin and have more than 70 attorneys throughout the firm. McGinnis Lochridge provides legal counsel on litigation, arbitration, and transactional matters in business and financial matters serving clients in many areas of Texas’ most predominant industries, including oil and gas, electric energy, employment & labor, corporate, technology, land use, environmental, water and real estate, among others. Please visit mcginnislaw.com for more information.
Job Summary:
The Legal Secretary provides administrative support services for a group of four litigation attorneys in our Labor & Employment practice group.
Key Responsibilities:
- Draft, type, format, and revise many different types of legal, agency, and business documents
- Calendar deadlines from incoming mail, pleadings, and hearings
- E-file in state and federal courts and make service on opposing parties
- Schedule appointments, receive and make telephone calls, open and sort mail, make travel arrangements, and perform other administrative duties
- Schedule and coordinate depositions, court reporters, and videographers
- Input information into time and billing system, customer relationship management, and document management systems
- Maintain files and indexes
- Maintain privacy rules by not revealing information other than to the appropriate parties involved in a legal action
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree
- Business/vocational school training or other legal education preferred
- 5 years legal secretary experience
- Proficient with local, state, and federal filing rules, elementary legal procedures, and legal and business terminology
- Strong proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and Adobe Acrobat
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Familiar with enterprise time and billing systems, preferably Sure Point, Aderant iTimekeep, customer relationship management systems, and electronic document management systems, preferably iManage
- Proficient with transcription equipment and able to transcribe
- Detail oriented and able to prioritize, multi-task, and work well under pressure
- Professional, polite, and positive client-centric attitude
- Self-driven with low supervision needed
- Strong Emotional Intelligence; Gets things done
Work Location:
- In person
How to Apply:
Interested applicants should send a resume to hr@mcginnislaw.com with the subject line: Legal Secretary - Dallas Position.
McGinnis Lochridge is an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment at McGinnis Lochridge are considered without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identification, national origin, age, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or genetic information, among other protected bases.
