Legal Secretary

DuPage County family law firm seeks experienced full time legal secretary / paralegal. A qualified candidate must possess excellent organizational skills and attention to detail. Duties include managing the attorney's schedule, appointments, written and telephone communications with clients, courts, and other lawyers, filing of pleadings and motions, organization and preparation of discovery responses with a high degree of professionalism and confidentiality. A qualified candidate must have effective time managements and organizational skills coupled with the ability to be detail oriented.  A qualified candidate must also have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Adobe, courthouse filing websites, and attorney practice management software (Clio). Position is in-office, 40 hours per week (no work from home). ResponsibilitiesAdministrative functions such as managing logisticsFirst point of contact/representative for clientsFiling of pleadings and motions with the courtConfidential written and telephone communication with clientsOrganizing files in a way that makes critical information easy to findManage attorney's schedule and appointmentsQualificationsStrong organizational skillsAttention to detailProfessionalismWritten communication skillsTelephone communication skillMicrosoft OfficeAdobeCourt filing websitesAttorney practice management softwareConfidentiality