Legal Secretary

BDO; Florence (KY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship program

Senior-to-lead career path

Job summary

BDO is seeking a Senior Legal Secretary to support the Florence, Kentucky team with a focus on flexibility, ownership, and concise, effective communication. The role emphasizes ownership beyond traditional duties and is positioned as a senior contributor within the local office.

The position offers a contract arrangement with a strong salary range of $85,000 to $121,000, coupled with mentorship and a clear path from senior to lead, supported by robust benefits in a trusted KY team.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Ediscovery Review processes and related tools.
• Strong ability to handle follow-up questions with composure.
• Excellent tone in high-stakes emails and communications.
• Interpersonal skills ideally paired with court filing experience.
• Proven Flexibility with 5+ years in legal support roles.

Responsibilities

• Trade quick wins for people-first fixes when the math favors patience.
• Convert Privacy Law chaos into a backlog someone can actually work.
• Make general tradeoffs visible so BDO can weigh them.
• Track key metrics and report findings to your manager each week.
• Translate senior objectives into concrete, actionable day-to-day steps.
• Represent BDO professionally with vendors, partners, and customers.
• Keep BDO's Florence, KY site running while improvements ship underneath.
• Keep KY reporting accurate enough to bet decisions on.

Skills

Ediscovery Review

Interpersonal Skills

Court Filing

Flexibility

Email Tone

Tools

LexisNexis

Job description

At BDO, the Legal Secretary job in Florence is less about your resume and more about what you can do with Flexibility now. The offer reads simply — contract, $85,000 - $121,000, 7 years, and a senior role where ownership is not a perk but the point.

Key Responsibilities

• Trade quick wins for people-first fixes when the math favors patience
• Convert Privacy Law chaos into a backlog someone can actually work
• Make general tradeoffs visible so BDO can weigh them
• Track key metrics and report findings to your manager each week
• Translate senior objectives into concrete, actionable day-to-day steps
• Represent BDO professionally with vendors, partners, and customers
• Keep BDO's Florence, KY site running while improvements ship underneath
• Keep KY reporting accurate enough to bet decisions on

What You'll Bring

• Working knowledge of Ediscovery Review alongside transferable LexisNexis chops
• Hands-on general experience that holds up to follow-up questions
• A writer's ear for tone in a high-stakes email
• Hands-on proficiency with Interpersonal Skills, ideally paired with Court Filing
• A solid foundation in Flexibility, refined over 5+ years

BDO is the trust-the-team KY company that built its name on general work nobody else wanted to do properly. The team trusts each other to do the right thing without constant oversight or micromanagement.

Pay starts strong at $85,000 - $121,000, mentorship runs deep, and the road from senior to lead is paved with real benefits.

The team in Florence is interviewing on a rolling basis, so early applicants get noticed first.