About the role

  • Directly assist an assigned group of local attorneys and provide global team support with a variety of administrative responsibilities
  • Work in a global team environment with a real-time work ticketing system (ServiceNow)
  • Daily time entry and expense reimbursement
  • Calendaring and scheduling
  • Managing and editing documents
  • Travel arrangements
  • Proactively learning internal systems and processes to find innovative solutions to problems and requests
  • Preserving the confidentiality of ours and our clients’ protected information
  • Generating, editing, and posting client invoices
  • Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains

Requirements

  • Display professional communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with attorneys, clients, vendors, and staff throughout the firm
  • Possess the initiative to work both independently and in a team environment with a customer service focus
  • Display the ability to multi-task and adapt to continuously evolving technology platforms
  • A Bachelor’s degree; a minimum of three (3) years of prior professional experience in a legal or professional services environment may be considered in lieu of a degree
  • This role will be located in our Los Angeles office in Century City

Benefits

  • generous total compensation package with bonuses awarded in recognition of both individual and firm performance
  • Healthcare, life and disability insurance
  • A generous 401k plan
  • At least 11 paid holidays per year
  • PTO program that accrues 23 days during the first year of employment and grows with tenure
  • Well-being programs (e.g. mental health services, mindfulness and resiliency, medical resources, well-being events, and more)
  • Professional development programs
  • Employee discounts
  • Affinity groups, networks, and coalitions for lawyers and staff
  • Flexible working schedule eligible for hybrid and in-office presence

Job title

Legal Secretary

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

$75,000 - $90,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

Location requirements

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