LHH is recruiting for an experienced Senior Litigation Legal Secretary to join a well-established Dallas law firm known for its excellent tenure, low turnover, and collaborative, team-oriented culture.
Location: Dallas, TX
Salary: $65K-$90K DOE
Type: Direct Hire
Schedule: Hybrid, 4 days in office / 1 day remote
Hours: 40-hour workweek
Parking: Paid by the firm
This is a true senior-level position and is best suited for an experienced litigation legal secretary who can step confidently into a busy, sophisticated partner-level desk. The position is opening due to the retirement of a 31-year employee, so the firm is looking for someone who brings the experience, maturity, stability, and judgment to take ownership of an established desk.
Benefits:
- Medical: Employee-only premium fully paid by the firm.
- High-deductible medical plan.
- Firm contributes $250 per month to HSA beginning Day 1.
- Dental: Employee-only premium paid by the firm for basic plan.
- Profit Sharing: Firm contributes 3% of salary beginning Day 1, subject to vesting schedule.
- Parking: Paid by the firm; parking lot is nearby.
- Bonus: Discretionary year-end bonus based partly on tenure.
- Regular wellness programs and staff events.
- Firmwide social events are inclusive of staff and attorneys, not attorney-only functions.
Attorney Support
- Directly support approximately four attorneys, with primary responsibility for a senior equity partner and Board member handling business/commercial litigation, insurance, and bankruptcy matters.
- Provide additional support to a partner handling business/commercial, tax, and white-collar litigation matters, as well as a retired attorney who remains affiliated with the firm.
- Position involves highly confidential and sensitive matters, requiring excellent judgment, discretion, organization, and adaptability to different attorney working styles.
Requirements:
- 5+ years of substantive Legal Secretary experience
- Strong commercial, business, or complex litigation experience at Texas law firm
- Must have strong tenure (minimum 5 years per job)
- State and federal court e-filing experience
- Experience independently managing a busy partner-level desk
- Excellent Microsoft Word, legal document formatting, editing, and proofreading skills
- Strong calendaring, organization, and deadline management
- Ability to support multiple attorneys and successfully juggle competing priorities
- Legal billing and pre-bill experience
- Excellent judgment, discretion, and ability to handle highly confidential matters
- Strong professional references
- A collaborative, dependable, low-ego approach and willingness to jump in where needed
A seasoned Legal Secretary with a strong commercial, business, or complex litigation background should transition very well into this role.
Why Consider This Opportunity?
- Excellent employee tenure and low turnover
- Collaborative, down-to-earth, team-oriented environment
- Firm-paid employee medical and basic dental premiums
- $250/month HSA contribution beginning Day 1
- 3% employer profit-sharing contribution beginning Day 1, subject to vesting
- Paid parking
- Discretionary year-end bonus
- Wellness programs and firmwide social events
This is an excellent opportunity for a seasoned litigation legal secretary who enjoys handling a high-level desk, takes pride in supporting senior attorneys, and is looking for long-term stability with a firm that values both experience and teamwork.
If you meet the requirements above, please apply or contact me at jamie.stone@lhh.com
Pay Details: $65,000.00 to $90,000.00 per year
Search managed by: Jamie Stone
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