Legal Secretary

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As a Fortune 50 company, we hire the best employees to serve our customers, making us a leader in the insurance and financial services industry. In 2024, the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity named State Farm a Top Performer and Compass Award Winner. Additionally, Fortune named State Farm one of the World's Most Admired Companies.

Our mission is to provide high quality legal services in a cost-effective manner and to act as strategic thinking partners for our client and customers. To succeed, we need self-starters who are agile, creative, collaborative, strategic, passionate, and communicative.

Lynn Leonard & Associates, insurance staff counsel for State Farm Insurance Companies, is seeking a Legal Secretary with civil defense litigation experience to join our Atlanta, Georgia Claim Litigation office. While every day can provide different experiences and opportunities, a typical day as a Legal Secretary involves supporting attorneys with calendaring and scheduling, processing mail, and electronic/paper filing. The office allows for collaborative environments with access to peer mentors. This role provides diversity of work and the opportunity for development/advancement. This role will interact with clients, courts, and counsel throughout the litigation process on behalf of the attorney. The position is classified as a hybrid role, meaning that the work arrangement calls for hours in the office and virtually. Everyone in a hybrid role is required to spend time in the office. Work arrangements could change over time based on business needs. Hours for the position are Monday-Friday 8:30 AM- 5:00 PM.

Location: 5555 Glenridge Connector, Sandy Springs, GA.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to

* Apply specialized knowledge of legal procedures

* Calendar management, processing mail, electronic filing with the courts

* Schedule litigation events, including depositions, mediations and hearings

Previous experience required/preferred

* 3-10 years of recent civil defense litigation secretarial experience preferably in insurance defense or personal injury

Key Skills required

* 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

* Knowledge of legal and medical terminology, local and state rules regarding pleadings and pre-trial matters, deadlines, and filing requirement (strongly preferred)

* Ability to adapt to a corporate law environment

* Strong written and oral communication skills (proofreading, attention to detail, formatting)

* Accurate typing skill

Technology/software experience required

*Working knowledge of Georgia electronic filing system, including Peachcourt, Odyssey, and File & Serve

* Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite

* Working knowledge of Case Management system

* Working knowledge of Document Storage system

Additional Details

* Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately. State Farm will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work opportunities.

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