Family Law Legal Secretary/Paralegal

Newport Beach , United States
full-time

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Join a prestigious Family Law team at a recognized mid-sized law firm, contributing to successful case outcomes while utilizing your extensive legal secretary or paralegal experience.

Bremer Whyte Brown & O'Meara, LLP is seeking a talented Family Law Legal Secretary/Paralegal to join our award-winning Family Law team. We are a reputable and forward-thinking mid-sized law firm, recognized annually as one of the Best Firms for Family Law, and for our sixth consecutive year as a Best Law Firm®, by U.S. News & World Report's Best Lawyers®. As a Family Law Legal Secretary/Paralegal, you will have an essential role in supporting our attorneys and clients and contributing to our continued success.

Responsibilities

  • Prepare, format, and file family law legal documents and pleadings
  • Maintain attorney calendars, including scheduling appointments and calendaring deadlines
  • Communicate with clients regarding case matters and updates
  • Handle administrative duties as needed, including answering phones and filing
  • Proofread documents to ensure accuracy and completeness prior to filing or distribution

Requirements

  • Minimum of 5 years of recent secretarial and/or paralegal experience in Family Law required
  • Knowledge of California family court filing procedures
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Word and other word processing software
  • Detail-oriented, organized, and able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
  • Self-motivated, reliable team player with a professional personality
  • Paralegal certification is a plus
  • This is a hybrid paralegal/secretary position and will not require billing as a paralegal

Benefits

Our firm offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

  • Competitive compensation
  • Generous medical insurance (HMO/PPO) – employer-paid premium up to 95% + employer funded HRA (for PPO plans)
  • Dental insurance – employer-paid premium up to 100%
  • Vision coverage
  • Wellness incentives, including rewards program
  • Life insurance
  • Pet insurance
  • Paid time off and holidays
  • 401(k)

We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace environment that promotes career development and a healthy work-life balance.

About Us: At Bremer Whyte Brown & O'Meara (BWB&O), we pride ourselves on our commitment to excellence, innovation, and unwavering dedication to our clients. With 200 attorneys across nine offices in four states, and a strong foothold in the legal community, we have built a solid reputation for delivering exceptional legal services across various practice areas. Learn more at https://bremerwhyte.com/

Equal Opportunity Statement: BWB&O is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds. All applications will be treated with the utmost confidentiality.

For more information about how we use your personal information, please visit https://bremerwhyte.com/privacy-policy/.

The expected base salary range is $70,000- $100,000, depending upon experience.

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Perks & Benefits Extracted with AI

  • Health Insurance: Generous medical insurance (HMO/PPO) – employer-paid premium up to 95% + employer funded HRA (for PPO plans)
  • Other Benefit: Pet insurance
  • Paid Time Off: Paid time off and holidays

Bremer Whyte Brown & O’Meara, LLP (“Bremer Whyte”) is an AV-rated firm that provides a full range of transaction and litigation services to businesses and individuals. With more than 180 attorneys and offices throughout California, Nevada, Arizona, and Colorado, we take great pride as a full-service law firm committed to high-quality and responsive legal services. Our firm is known for its well-balanced combination of aggressive, competent litigators and negotiators, seasoned trial practitioners, and experienced transactional attorneys. Our attorneys have extensive experience in corporate law; contract negotiation and drafting; personal, product and property injury law; advertising loss; copyright and trademark infringement; family law; construction law; insurance coverage; employment law; estate planning; and, general business and personal litigation services. Our firm is committed to our slogan – SOLUTIONS. We believe that ethical, creative, thoughtful and tactful SOLUTIONS for each of our clients helps them meet their business, financial, and personal goals.

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