Legal Secretary- Chicago

Cassiday Schade LLP, a mid-sized regional civil litigation defense firm, has an exciting opportunity for a Legal Secretary for its Chicago Office.

The candidate must be reliable, hardworking, self-starter who possesses excellent organizational and communication skills, both within the Firm, with clients, and other legal professionals. Candidate must be a team player with the ability to multi-task and work independently. The candidate must be a skilled typist with competent transcription abilities, along with proficiencies in Microsoft 365 and PDF software.

An ideal candidate will have some familiarity with medical terminology and a working knowledge of court procedures including electronic filing and some experience with trial work. Civil litigation experience required. This candidate should have five plus years of experience. Excellent benefits and a salary commensurate with skills.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepare, format, edit, proofread, and finalize legal documents and correspondence.
• Filing court documents with various courts (State/Federal/Appellate), as well as a working knowledge of court procedures.
• Prepare conflict checks and open new matters.
• Assist in management of attorney calendars, including deposition and meeting scheduling.
• Draft and issue discovery subpoenas, recordkeeping & follow-up.
• Transcription.
• Filing documents into the document management system and maintaining client files.
• Process attorney mail and invoices for payment.
• Closing files.
• iManage and Chrome River experience a plus.
• Other administrative tasks/duties assigned.