Litigation - Legal Secretary

The ByrneWallace LLP Dispute Resolution and Investigations team is one of the largest dispute resolution and investigation teams in Ireland. We advise a broad range of private, semi-state and public sector clients on strategically important and organisationally critical mandates. We are market leaders for contentious public sector advices and mandates.

What makes us unique is the range of industry sector-specific and specialist knowledge which we have developed in our practice offering. Our work involves strategic mandates for the public sector, as well as property and procurement litigation, corporate disputes, intellectual property litigation, financial services disputes, data breaches and regulatory investigations, corporate crime and judicial review. We regularly act in high-profile, high-value litigation in the Commercial Court of the High Court on behalf of private clients.

If you are a Legal Secretary with the following experience, we would like to hear from you:

• Minimum of 1 years' legal secretarial experience in a professional legal environment is essential.
• Good standard of Leaving Certificate.
• Strong keyboard skills, with typing skills. Fast accurate Digital Dictation. Previous experience with Bighand is preferred.
• Advanced Microsoft Word- Excellent Microsoft Outlook - Proficiency in Adobe, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint. (2007 Applications)

Reporting to a supervising Solicitor, the Legal Secretary will have the following key responsibilities: 

• Case Management System as well as document management system. 
• Billing.
• Collating hard copy and electronic briefs to Counsel.
• Formatting pleadings and Court documents.
• Produce quality work fast and efficiently.
• Document Management System- open new files and maintain existing files.
• Draft and redraft documentation. 
• Deal with solicitors on a proactive basis- communicating any problems which may arise and suggesting solutions to overcome them where suitable.
• Manage & organise solicitors with all aspects of their diaries.
• Take telephone messages and manage client relationships.
• Filing & general administrative support, to include archiving.

If you are interested in being considered for the above position, please submit your CV in confidence to by email at recruitment@byrnewallace.com. For further information on ByrneWallace LLP, please see our website www.byrnewallace.com