Litigation Secretary

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Johannesburg, Gauteng
R600,000-650,000 per year
Permanent
Full-time

20 days ago

Large legal firm has a vacancy in the Litigation Department for a legal secretaryResponsibilities:

Dictaphone and copy-typing of a wide range of documents
Typing, formatting and collating of notices and pleadings
Incorporating amendments to documents and verifying that amendments have been effected correctly
Attend to issue pleadings, upload pleadings, sort pleadings
Organize court files on CourtOnline and CaseLines.
Preparing resource, counsel and client files
Opening of new matters and liaising with clients regarding

the onboarding of new clients * Strong administration and organisational skills in order tomanage professionals' practices (diary management,
answering telephone calls and tracking messages in the
absence of the professionals) * General office and personal administration

Preparing pre-bills and billing memos (sending same to

clients) * Managing debtors and debt collection with the accountsdepartment * FICA administration: following up to ensure the FICArequirements are complete * Liaise with clients, counsel, presiding officers, experts andother service providers when instructed to do so by
Lawyers * Assisting in preparation of tender submissions andpresentations Requirements:

Minimum 5 years experience as a litigation secretary
Excellent knowledge of MS Word programs (more specifically MS Word 2010 and Excel)
Knowledge on Aderant Expert (CMS) accounting system
Knowledge on FileSite
Sound working knowledge of CourtOnline and CaseLines.
Experience in High Court litigation (motion proceedings).
Secretarial diploma/legal secretarial diploma/paralegal

qualification (advantageous) * Matric essential
Please note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

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