Legal Assistant and Legal Secretary

We are seeking an experienced and detail-oriented Legal Assistant / Legal Secretary to help with e-filing and other daily and routine law firm support duties. Whitney, LLP is an established consumer law and plaintiff litigation practice. We represent many clients in interesting cases across Maryland, often fighting back to help our clients after our clients were deceived by a business or otherwise taken advantage of or mistreated. Look at our website, www.whitneyfirm.com, to see the areas of law we practice in, including but not limited to claims against car dealers, claims against debt collectors, invasion of privacy matters and real estate latent defect claims.

Primary Legal Assistant / Legal Secretary duties include:

- typing correspondence and legal documents

- e-filing of legal pleadings in Maryland and sometimes federal court

- managing the service of legal pleadings

- setting up discovery for responses

- compiling and bates-labeling exhibits

- keeping track of discovery received,

- calendaring dates from scheduling orders, and

- entering attorney time sheets.

Experience in e-filing, critical thinking skills, and excellent time management, organizational and interpersonal skills are required for the Legal Assistant / Legal Secretary position. Strong typing skills and familiarity with Word, Google Sheets and Adobe PDF are necessary for this position. Salary depends on experience, and there is room for advancement.

We are a family friendly law firm that enjoys representing our clients in need of legal representation.