Legal Secretary - Paralegal

Placers Professional is seeking a full-time, hybrid Legal Secretary/Paralegal for our premier client in Wilmington, DE.

You will be doing comprehensive administrative and litigation support to one or more attorneys and paralegals, ensuring efficient daily operations and case readiness. Responsibilities included managing timekeeping, billing, and accounting systems; calendaring court hearings, deadlines, and client meetings; and maintaining detailed case-related information within a case management system. Performed general office and operational duties such as ordering supplies and processing vendor and court-related invoices.

Prepared, edited, and filed legal documents for various courts, including the Delaware Court of Chancery and Supreme Court, and drafted materials such as Notices of Appearance, trial exhibit lists, deposition designations, and related pleadings. Coordinated and distributed court filings through File & Serve Xpress, organized electronic casebooks and briefing binders for printing and distribution, and maintained accurate pleadings and discovery indexes.

Assisted attorneys in preparation for depositions, hearings, trials, and client meetings, and conducted both legal and non-legal research using Westlaw, Lexis Nexis, PACER, and other court-related resources. Maintained organized paper and electronic filing systems to ensure timely access to records and compliance with court requirements.

• Bachelor’s degree required (Negotiable)
• 3-6 recent years of prior litigation experience
  , preferably at least one of which at a peer market firm
• Must be available to work overtime
• Proficient with Microsoft Office and Excel
• Experience with File Serve Xpress is very helpful
• Strong oral and written communication skills, and proofreading and grammar skills
• Knowledge of legal terminology, litigation process and court system
• Excellent organizational skills and resourceful
• Must be able to effectively multi-task, manage time sensitive documents, pay attention to details to produce prompt and error free work product
• Able to work well under tight deadline
• Hybrid schedule (3 days in, 2 days WFH) is an option, based on office needs

Placers will recruit, hire, train and promote individuals, as well as administer any and all personnel actions, without regard to individual’s race, religion, creed or color, national origin, ancestry, mental and/or physical disability, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, or other characteristics protected by law. Placers will make reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals and will not tolerate any unlawful discrimination and any such conduct is prohibited.

At Placers, we will continue to make our workplaces trusting places to have complex and sometimes difficult conversations about diversity and inclusion.