Legal Secretary

The Portland office seeks a senior litigation secretary with a minimum of five years' litigation experience in Oregon state and federal courts. Familiarity with Oregon, Washington and California court systems is strongly recommended. The successful candidate must be able to balance multiple competing demands, assist up to four attorneys, maintain composure under tight deadlines, and have strong organizational skills. Occasional overtime required. Position tasks include but are not limited to: Thorough knowledge of litigation from initial pleading through trial work; court rules, pleading formatting and court filing guidelines in multiple states, including local rules, at both the state and federal level; extensive experience with ECF and manual court filing requirements Solid working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite 2010, Adobe conversions, extranet sites, opening and logging mail, calendaring and tracking all litigation deadlines, tracking the daily events for individual attorneys, maintain current contacts database using InterAction Working knowledge of document management systems, opening and organizing new files, preparing correspondence, extensive proofreading, editing, document comparison, preparation and filing of pleadings scheduling of lay and expert witness depositions; scheduling mediations, conferences and hearings; ability to schedule complex travel arrangements using online services, maintaining electronic documents and e-mail via a document management system recblid 2udtvth2e4lk8ydhmnbj7zp3a2jah8