Senior Litigation Legal Secretary

Flahertylegal; Wheeling (WV); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) plan

Job summary

Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso PLLC seeks an experienced Legal Secretary to provide high-level administrative, litigation, and transactional support to attorneys in Wheeling, WV. The role requires organization, dependability, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced legal environment.

The ideal candidate has several years of experience, takes initiative, and understands the importance of accuracy and confidentiality.

Qualifications

• 2–5+ years of legal secretary or comparable support experience in litigation.
• Working knowledge of litigation procedures, court filings, and legal terminology.
• Experience with federal and state electronic filing systems preferred.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Excel) and document production.
• Excellent proofreading, grammar, formatting, and deadlines management.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative and litigation support to assigned attorneys.
• Prepare, revise, format, proofread, and finalize correspondence, pleadings, motions, briefs, discovery documents, and other legal materials.
• Assist with electronic filing in state and federal courts and ensure compliance with filing procedures and deadlines.
• Maintain attorney calendars, including hearings, depositions, meetings, court appearances, and deadlines.
• Coordinate depositions, meetings, conference calls, and other litigation-related activities.
• Organize and maintain electronic and physical case files.
• Assist with document production, discovery materials, exhibits, and trial preparation.
• Prepare and process attorney time entries, expense reports, invoices, and other administrative documentation.
• Communicate professionally with clients, courts, opposing counsel, vendors, and other parties.
• Monitor deadlines and proactively follow up on outstanding assignments and case-related matters.
• Provide backup administrative support to other attorneys and team members as needed.

Skills

Litigation support

Attention to detail

Time management

Professional communication

Tools

Microsoft Word

Outlook

Excel

Job description

Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso PLLC seeks an experienced Legal Secretary to provide high-level administrative, litigation, and transactional support to attorneys in Wheeling, WV. The role requires organization, dependability, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced legal environment.

The ideal candidate has several years of experience, takes initiative, and understands the importance of accuracy and confidentiality.