Legal Secretary

State Farm is a Fortune 50 company dedicated to helping people and investing in communities. They are seeking a Legal Secretary to support attorneys with various legal procedures, including calendaring, scheduling, and filing, while interacting with clients and courts throughout the litigation process.

Responsibilities

• Apply specialized knowledge of legal procedures
• Calendar management, processing mail, electronic/paper filing
• Schedule litigation events, including depositions, mediations and hearings
• Drafting routine correspondence and legal documents

Skills

• 1 years of recent civil defense litigation secretarial experience preferably in insurance defense or personal injury
• Knowledge of legal and medical terminology, local and state rules regarding pleadings and pre-trial matters, deadlines, and filing requirements
• Calendaring and scheduling experience within a legal environment
• Strong organizational skills, prioritizing urgent and non-urgent tasks (items with deadlines, handling demands), multitasking
• E-filing experience
• Ability to adapt to a corporate law environment
• Strong written and oral communication skills (proofreading, attention to detail, formatting)
• Accurate typing skills
• Working knowledge of Indiana electronic filing system
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
• Working knowledge of Case Management system
• Working knowledge of Document Storage system
• Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately
• Knowledge of legal and medical terminology, local and state rules regarding pleadings and pre-trial matters, deadlines, and filing requirement (strongly preferred)

Benefits

• Robust health and wellbeing programs
• Multiple healthcare plan options
• 100% coverage for in-network preventative care
• Access to vision, dental, telemedicine, 24/7 mental health professionals
• Educational benefits like industry leading training programs
• Top-notch tuition assistance programs
• Employee resource groups
• Mentoring
• Fertility/IVF/adoption assistance
• College coaching
• National discount programs
• Interactive monthly financial workshops
• Free financial coaching
• Generous time off policies
• Initially earn up to 20 days annually plus parental leave
• Paid holidays
• Celebration day
• Life leave (40 hours/year)
• Bereavement leave
• Community service/education support days
• Matching Gift Program
• Good Neighbor Grant Program
• Employee Assistance Fund
• 401(k) plan with company contributions of up to 7% of your salary

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