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Common Future JobsLegal Secretary
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$23,588 - $68,526
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Legal Assistant $22,284 - $53,166 |
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Administrative Assistant $21,032 - $43,793 |
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Receptionist $17,090 - $34,275 |
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Legal Secretary
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Paralegal / Legal Assistant $23,930 - $57,220 |
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Paralegal $26,674 - $64,346 |
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Executive Secretary or Administrative Assistant $23,489 - $53,955 |
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People with the job title Legal Secretary typically fall into one of the following PayScale standard occupations.
Prepare and process legal documents and papers; summonses, subpoenas, complaints, appeals, motions and pretrial agreements. Mail, fax, or arrange for delivery of legal correspondence to clients, witnesses and court officials. Schedule appointments, answer phones, make photocopies, draft and type office memos. Organize and maintain law libraries, documents and case files. Assist attorneys in collecting employment, medical and other records. Attend legal meetings; client interviews, hearings or depositions and take notes. Review legal publications and perform database searches to identify laws and court decisions relevant to pending cases.
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- Kirkland & Ellis Llp
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- The Travelers Companies, Inc.
- Cravath, Swaine & Moore
- Dewey and Leboeuf
- Office of the Attorney General
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- New York, New York
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- Atlanta, Georgia
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Coping
Legal Secretary - (City withheld for privacy), California, United States
Just smoke a joint every morning.... everything will be fine and if its not ya wont give a shit.
Posted in 5 Years Ago on 23 Feb 2009
Deadbeat Boss
Legal Secretary - (City withheld for privacy), California, United States
I have been with my employer for 10 years. I was his first permament full time legal secretary since he started his own private practice. He practices estate planning, family law, contract law, corporate law and a little landlord/tenant law. I took his new practice which had no structure and created office policies, procedures, Word templates for our forms, client intake sheets, billing procedures, trial procedures and step by step procedures regarding collection work and fee arbitrations accor...
Posted in Job Security on 17 Feb 2009
Going for the raise you deserve
Legal Secretary - (City withheld for privacy), Wisconsin, United States
I performed an in-depth telephone survey of 10 collegues I've worked with as legal secretaries who have been employed approximately the same length of time I have. I requested their general salary within a certain range based on length of their employment, as well as any employer-provided benefits, i.e. vacation, pension and insurance packages. I also researched and printed my County's wage analysis as well as local private industry wage reports for my area. I approached my employer with a figur...
Posted in Negotiating Higher Pay on 3 Feb 2008
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