Legal Secretary

Legal Secretary - Commercial Litigation

Seattle, WA

$76,000-$106,000 DOE

In-office: 4 days per week | Remote: 1 day (typically Monday or Friday)

Fixed hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-5:30 PM (37.5?--hour workweek)

LHH is working with a well established Seattle office who's seeking an experienced Legal Secretary to support a commercial litigation team. This role is a backfill due to retirement and offers long-term stability, Big Law-level resources, and a collaborative, low-ego office environment.

Role Overview

• Support ~5 attorneys (partners and associates) across multiple jurisdictions

• Prepare, proof, and file litigation documents in state and federal courts

• Manage deadlines, calendars, docketing, and court requirements

• Format pleadings, including TOAs/TOCs and cour-specific rules

• Assist with filings, time entries, pre-bills, expense reports, CLE tracking, and travel

• Coordinate with internal business, conflicts, and billing teams

• Provide backup coverage for other secretaries as needed

Must-Have Qualifications

• Strong understanding of the litigation lifecycle

• Ability to juggle different work styles and personalities with professionalism

• High sense of urgency, accountability, flexibility, and resourcefulness

• Comfortable learning new systems and platforms

• Experience with multi-jurisdiction litigation required

• California filings are a plus, not required

Preferred Experience

• 5+ years as a Legal Secretary (Big Law experience a plus)

• Federal and state e-filing experience

• Advanced Word skills and familiarity with document management systems

• Tools experience such as Acrobat, NetDocs, timekeeping and expense platforms is helpful

Interview Process

1. Video interview

2. In-person interview with attorneys the role will support

Benefits

1. Medical: Multiple plan tiers; full-time rates from $0–$219 (single) to $216–$1,064 (family).

2. PTO: (20 days) prorated in the year of hire, paid holidays (10 days)

3. Dental & Vision: Voluntary plans; dental $28–$159, vision $7–$22/month.

4. Accident Insurance: Optional; $0.021–$0.031 per $1,000 coverage.

5. Family Care: Maven Clinic support + $30K lifetime HRA for IVF, adoption, surrogacy, and fertility preservation.

6. HSA/FSA Options: Pre-tax savings for medical, dental, vision, and dependent care expenses.

7. Disability: Short-term (up to 6 months) and long-term (60% salary, max $10K/month).

8. Life & AD&D: Firm-paid coverage = 1x salary (max $250K); optional supplemental plans.

9. Retirement: 401(k) with 8% firm contribution after eligibility period; employee deferrals up to $23.5K (+$7.5K age 50+).

10. Other Perks: Pre-tax commuter benefits, paid paralegal association dues, AmEx corporate travel card.

11. Sparking bubbly water drinks in office and a brand new espresso machine

12. GORGEOUS space with central downtown location

13. Wellness room for nursing, mental health breaks, dr appts, etc (you can lock the door)

 

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Pay Details: $76,000.00 to $106,000.00 per year

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Military connected talent encouraged to apply

To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please navigate to https://www.lhh.com/us/en/candidate-privacy

The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

• The California Fair Chance Act
• Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
• Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
• San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

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