Job Description

The New York State Unified Court System is seeking a Secretary in the Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department Mental Hygiene Legal Service in Syracuse, NY. The secretary will provide support for attorneys in litigation-intensive assignments pursuant to the Mental Hygiene Law.

Key Responsibilities:

• Typing draft pleadings and other draft documents for attorney review.
• Assisting in finalizing motions and pleadings for submission to trial courts.
• Assisting in scheduling adjournments and other communications with trial courts.
• Organizing discovery documents.
• Preparing trial books.
• Processing requests for payment of services involving expert witnesses, travel expenses and transcripts.
• Scanning, saving and filing documents.
• Secretaries must have the ability to type finished documents at the rate of forty-five (45) words per minute.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Outlook, WordPerfect X3, MSWord, Excel and Adobe/Foxit (PDF) is desirable.

Qualifications: High School diploma or the equivalent and two (2) years of general or legal secretarial experience; or Satisfactory completion of a certified business or commercial course beyond the high school level including course work in legal stenography and one (1) year of general or legal secretarial experience; or An equivalent combination of education and experience.

Base Salary: $51,923

Please view the full employment announcement at: 54513.pdf

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