Bilingual Legal Secretary (Law Firm Experience Only)

Company: SourcePro Search
Location: Washington
Posted on: April 2, 2026

Job Description:

We are conducting a search for a motivated Bilingual Legal Secretary with at least six years of litigation secretarial experience within a law firm setting. Fluency in English and Spanish, both written and verbal, is required, and a bachelor’s degree is preferred. The ideal candidate will support the Litigation Department and provide administrative client services to both internal and external clients. What You'll Do: Maintain a consistent physical presence required to facilitate an interactive and collaborative environment ensuring that assignments, cross-training, and peer level support are optimized to provide seamless support; Coordinate legal practice tasks and projects; Coordinate administrative functions and facilitate completion of tasks including such as finance/billing-related tasks, time and expense entry, opening of new matters, client presentations, meetings, and other administrative projects as assigned; Coordinate with and delegate to Firm resources including DPS, Williams Lea, Client Service Center, practice support or similar departments in International offices in the handling of tasks and projects; Prepare complex legal documents and correspondence in English and Spanish; File with appropriate court or agency; Apply subject matter expertise in coordination of legal practice tasks and projects; Maintain client materials in document management system; Coordinate support through the Finance Department including: edit and review process of client bills; correct time entry and promotion of time entry best practices; Review and support of the client billing process to include: proofreading, application of task codes and matter management skills, coinciding math aptitude and skills to support rates, rate changes, write-offs, preparation of expense reporting and audits as required, maintenance and consistency with billing protocols and other accounting functions; Manage the legal and administrative practices of attorneys and facilitate service levels that meet client requirements; Work overtime as required; and Demonstrate adaptability, flexibility, initiative and innovation in handling a wide variety of additional projects as required. What You'll Bring: Bachelor’s degree (preferred); Fluency in English and Spanish, written and verbal communications (required); At least 6 years of legal secretarial experience or relevant legal experience (required); and Litigation experience (required). Advanced ability to organize, prioritize, coordinate, delegate, and work as part of a team; Advanced to Expert proficiency in rules of English grammar, spelling and punctuation; Advanced proficiency in MS Word and document editing/comparison applications; Advanced proficiency in MS Outlook and web-based conference call/web-sharing applications; Advanced proficiency in MS Excel and spreadsheet/database applications; Advanced proficiency in MS PowerPoint and presentation applications; Advanced knowledge of time keeping, expense processing, and legal billing; Advanced knowledge of relevant jurisdictional/court/agency processes and procedures; Advanced proficiency in document management applications; Proven ability to function as a coordinator with other firm-wide departments with necessary communication skills to transfer instructions/data, verify results, resolution of conflict and delivery or results; and Excellent written and oral communications required with strong ability meet deadlines and provide results while supporting Firm policy and procedures. https://sourceprosearch.com/

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