Legal Assistant / Legal Secretary

Pay: $60,000.00 - $75,000.00 per year

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

• Join a stable, mid-size litigation defense firm with a professional, team-first culture
• Be a true right-hand to attorneys with meaningful involvement in active cases and trial prep
• Clear expectations, steady workflow, and an on-site environment with strong collaboration and support
• Competitive Phoenix compensation plus a full benefits package (401k, health, dental, vision, life, PTO)
• Long-term opportunity for someone reliable who wants to be valued and trusted

Location: Phoenix, AZ (On-site, midtown area).

Note: Must have 3+ years of litigation defense legal assistant/secretary experience, including court filings and calendaring.

About Our Client

Our client is a mid-size Phoenix law firm with an established litigation defense practice. They pride themselves on professionalism, reliability, and a supportive team environment where people work hard and treat each other with respect.Job Description

• Prepare and finalize correspondence, motions, pleadings, and other court-related documents
• File documents with the courts (including e-filing where applicable) and confirm acceptance
• Maintain calendars for deadlines, hearings, depositions, mediations, and trial dates
• Coordinate scheduling with attorneys, clients, experts, and opposing counsel
• Support trial preparation: organize exhibits, binders, witness materials, and logistics
• Open and close files; maintain organized matter records and clean file structures
• Utilize a document management system to save, organize, and retrieve documents
• Manage inbound calls and emails professionally and keep matters moving
• Proactively track tasks and follow up to ensure deadlines are met

Qualifications

• 3+ years of litigation defense experience as a legal assistant and/or legal secretary
• Experience drafting and formatting pleadings, motions, and litigation correspondence
• Court filing experience (including e-filing) and strong calendaring skills
• Comfortable using a document management system and Microsoft Office
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with a polished, professional tone
• Reliable, organized, and able to handle multiple priorities with a positive attitude

Why You Will Love Working Here

• Supportive team environment and professional atmosphere
• Attorneys who appreciate strong staff and value reliability and initiative
• A role with real ownership where your organization directly impacts case outcomes
• Great benefits and long-term stability with a firm that invests in its people

JPC-675

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Requirements: Must-haves: 3+ yrs litigation defense legal assistant/secretary experience, drafting and formatting pleadings and motions, court filing exp (including e-filing)

• Additional context: Relocation- [No]. Packages - [No]

Submissions Name / Robert / [email protected]

Quick Recruiter Reference (Internal Summary)

Mid-size litigation defense firm in midtown Phoenix hiring an on-site Legal Assistant/Secretary with 3+ years of litigation defense experience. Duties include drafting pleadings/motions, court filings, calendaring, scheduling, document management, and trial prep. Salary $60k–$75k plus full benefits.

Recruiters Submission: To submit, cancel - Legal Assistant / Legal Secretary – Broening Oberg Woods & Wilson, P.C.- JPC 675 - Source

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• Client job title: Legal Assistant / Legal Secretary

• Location: Phoenix, AZ

• On-site, hybrid, remote: On-site

• Experience: 3

• Good fit job titles/keywords for candidates: Legal Assistant, Litigation Legal Assistant, Legal Secretary, Litigation Secretary, Defense Litigation Assistant, Insurance Defense Legal Assistant, Civil Litigation Legal Assistant, Docketing, Calendaring, Court Filings, E-filing, Pleadings, Motions, Trial Preparation, Document Management System, DMS, iManage, NetDocuments, Worldox, Microsoft Office

• # of hires needed: 1

• Open or not to recruiters on TE: NO

• Job posting strategy (bottom of package details): Good market/role, must have lit defense exp