Executive Office Assistant (Legal Secretary)

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services); Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a motivated Legal Secretary to support federal agency litigation efforts. In this role, you'll engage in a variety of tasks including document management, indexing case files, and providing essential support to Senior Trial Attorneys. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to government innovation while enhancing your professional skills in a collaborative environment. With a commitment to employee growth and a comprehensive benefits package, this role is ideal for those looking to make a meaningful impact in the public sector.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

401k

Flexible Spending Account

Paid Time Off

Holidays Observance

Qualifications

• 2+ years of word processing experience with litigation support.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills required.
• Ability to produce high-quality work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Support litigation tasks including reviewing case materials and indexing files.
• Proofread and edit deliverables, arrange travel for attorneys.
• Answer phones for Senior Executive Officers and manage communications.

Skills

Word Processing

Litigation Support

Communication Skills

Document Management

Typing (65 wpm)

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Legal Secretary Certificate

Undergraduate Degree

Tools

Proprietary Database

Microsoft PowerPoint

Spreadsheets

Job description

Employment Type: Full-Time, Entry Level

Department: Legal

As a CGS Legal Secretary you will support a federal agency in performing moderately complex litigation support tasks. You will support a wide range of litigation support tasks like reviewing and analyzing case materials, indexing and acquiring case files from databases, answering phone lines, and numerous other relevant tasks.

CGS brings motivated, highly skilled, and creative people together to solve government’s most dynamic problems with cutting edge technology. To carry out our mission, we are seeking candidates that are excited to contribute to government innovation, appreciate collaboration, and can anticipate the needs of others. Here at CGS, we offer an environment in which our employees feel supported, and we encourage professional growth through various learning opportunities.

Skills and attributes for success:

• Performs moderately complex litigation support tasks, including, for example, detailed review and analysis of case materials in a broad range of subject matters, such as
• financial records, health care materials, and other litigation files;
• detailed indexing of case files;
• drafting procedures for accomplishing litigation support assignments;
• document acquisition-related tasks;
• and conducting database searches
• Proofreads and edits deliverable products
• Answers phones for Senior Executive Officers
• Arrange travel using a proprietary database for Senior Trial Attorneys;
• writes memos, letters,
• creates PowerPoint Presentations,
• generates complex spreadsheets,
• downloads PDFs and saves to the network,
• creates a folder on the network and unzips files
  
  
  
  
  

Qualifications:

• At least two years of word processing experience, including one year of litigation support experience
• Must be able to type at a minimum rate of 65 wpm with an accuracy rate of 95%
• High school diploma or GED required
• Excellent oral and written communication skills required
• The ability to produce highest quality work under extreme pressure very important
• Must be a US Citizen
• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust Clearance
  
  
  
  
  

Ideally, you will also have:

• Legal Secretary Certificate
• Undergraduate Degree
  
  
  
  
  

Our Commitment:

Contact Government Services (CGS) strives to simplify and enhance government bureaucracy through the optimization of human, technical, and financial resources. We combine cutting-edge technology with world-class personnel to deliver customized solutions that fit our client’s specific needs. We are committed to solving the most challenging and dynamic problems.

For the past seven years, we’ve been growing our government-contracting portfolio, and along the way, we’ve created valuable partnerships by demonstrating a commitment to honesty, professionalism, and quality work.

Here at CGS we value honesty through hard work and self-awareness, professionalism in all we do, and to deliver the best quality to our consumers mending those relations for years to come.

We care about our employees. Therefore, we offer a comprehensive benefits package.

• Health, Dental, and Vision
• Life Insurance
• 401k
• Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter)
• Paid Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays
  
  
  
  
  

Contact Government Services, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Join our team and become part of government innovation!

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For more information about CGS please visit: https://www.cgsfederal.com or contact:

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