Legal / Litigation Secretary

• Draft, edit, and format pleadings, motions, affidavits, subpoenas, and briefs
• Prepare discovery documents and trial bundles
• Ensure compliance with court formatting and submission standards

• File legal documents with courts (including electronic filing for High Court and Magistrates Court)
• Maintain litigation calendars, track deadlines, schedule hearings, depositions, and mediations

• Liaise with clients, counsel, and court officials professionally and confidentially
• Coordinate meetings, manage correspondence, and relay case updates
• Assist attorneys with trial preparation and logistics

• Organize and maintain case files (physical and digital) - with help from the Attorney
• Conduct preliminary legal and compile supporting documentation if instructed to so
• Monitor case progress and update internal systems

• Manage diaries, answer calls, and coordinate internal communications
• Handle billing, timesheets, and expense tracking
• Support procurement of legal supplies and office resources - Only when necessary, when the current lady may off or sick etc.)

• 3 years experience
• Knowledge of Case-line and court online
• Extremely well groomed, and professional
• English and Afrikaans speaking

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