Job description

At Seyfarth, we understand that great people are the key to our success, and we provide the opportunities to match. If you join us, you’ll work with state-of-the-art technology in a friendly and professional environment, and we will continue to invest in your professional development. If you want the freedom to grow at a firm that is invested in your future, keep reading.

THE OPPORTUNITY:

As a litigation secretary you will perform a variety of secretarial and/or administrative duties for a dedicated client team working in a fast paced Litigation practice. You will interact with colleagues in a team setting and uphold the image of the Firm by maintaining positive contact with clients, attorneys and staff, and observing confidentiality of client matters.

You will support a specific client team single plaintiff FCRA portfolio by ensuring filing deadlines are met in a timely manner and include all required filing documents. You will frequently communicate among team members, the client and local counsel throughout the US.

THE DAY-TO-DAY:

On any given day, you will be working with firm attorneys and colleagues on a variety of requests and projects. You will:

• Maintain a spreadsheet to track daily filing deadlines using Docketbird and communicate with team on the same.
• Manage, monitor, assign, direct and/or respond to drafting requests for extensions, removals, Pro Hac Vices to ensure that the necessary resources are channeled to produce completed projects on time.
• Draft various initial pleadings, including notices, motions, corporate disclosures, proposed orders that are needed in all matters for the portfolio.
• Perform digital file maintenance by adding in any/all filings received through Docketbird.
• Maintain Local Counsel Tracker database in the team’s shared Link site
• Create and maintain court jurisdiction folders for all 50 states to maintain the portfolio’s Documents Library templates.
• Interface routinely with courts, local counsel, opposing counsel, and with internal Seyfarth teams for local court specifications, docketing, mailing to Pro Se Plaintiffs, clearing conflicts, daily filings, etc.
• File pleadings for portfolio into District Courts around the country, while providing support for Case Assistants when they are assisting with this process.
• Back up Case Assistants by being cross trained on various client reports as needed when other team members are out of the office.

YOU HAVE:

• Five to ten years of litigation secretary experience
• Proficiency in: Microsoft Office Suite, , PACER CM/ECF, Docketbird, internet research
• Exceptional organizational and investigative skills; a self-starter; highly motivated; adaptable; flexible; detail-oriented worker; able to prioritize deadlines
• Excellent communication skills, including listening and writing
• Strong ability to work independently and follow-through on projects with minimal supervision
• Ability to work well under pressure and remain flexible to changing priorities

WHAT WE PROVIDE:

Seyfarth provides competitive salary and benefits at all levels, and our culture embraces the entrepreneurial spirit of its professionals like no other firm. Our allied professionals are a collaborative team, helping to define the unique client experience offered by the firm. We understand that it takes more than attorneys to build a successful legal practice; everyone participates in our commitment to excellence.

We are also proud to be an influential leader in inclusion and diversity. The firm has been recognized for our efforts by the Human Rights Campaign and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. We are Mansfield 2.0 certified, a reflection of our ongoing commitment to advancing candidates from underrepresented groups.

MORE ABOUT SEYFARTH:

With more than 900 lawyers across 17 offices, Seyfarth Shaw LLP provides advisory, litigation, and transactional legal services to clients worldwide. Learn more about The Seyfarth Experience at www.seyfarth.com/careers/.

Seyfarth Shaw is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, change of sex or transgender status, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.

To achieve our goal of equal opportunity, Seyfarth Shaw maintains an affirmative action plan through which it makes good faith efforts to recruit, hire and advance in employment qualified minorities, females, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans. If you would like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please click EEO is the LAW and the Supplement poster through the followinglink:https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/migrated_files/employers/poster_screen_reader_optimized.pdf

Seyfarth is an EO Employer –M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401(k).

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Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $70,000.00 - $75,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Atlanta, GA 30309

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