Legal Secretary - Commercial Litigation
Seattle, WA
$76,000-$106,000 DOE
In-office: 4 days per week | Remote: 1 day (typically Monday or Friday)
Fixed hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-5:30 PM (37.5--hour workweek)
LHH is working with a well established Seattle office who's seeking an experienced Legal Secretary to support a commercial litigation team. This role is a backfill due to retirement and offers long-term stability, Big Law-level resources, and a collaborative, low-ego office environment.
Role Overview
- Support ~5 attorneys (partners and associates) across multiple jurisdictions
- Prepare, proof, and file litigation documents in state and federal courts
- Manage deadlines, calendars, docketing, and court requirements
- Format pleadings, including TOAs/TOCs and cour-specific rules
- Assist with filings, time entries, pre-bills, expense reports, CLE tracking, and travel
- Coordinate with internal business, conflicts, and billing teams
- Provide backup coverage for other secretaries as needed
Must-Have Qualifications
- Strong understanding of the litigation lifecycle
- Ability to juggle different work styles and personalities with professionalism
- High sense of urgency, accountability, flexibility, and resourcefulness
- Comfortable learning new systems and platforms
- Experience with multi-jurisdiction litigation required
- California filings are a plus, not required
Preferred Experience
- 5+ years as a Legal Secretary (Big Law experience a plus)
- Federal and state e-filing experience
- Advanced Word skills and familiarity with document management systems
- Tools experience such as Acrobat, NetDocs, timekeeping and expense platforms is helpful
Interview Process
- Video interview
- In-person interview with attorneys the role will support
Benefits
- Medical: Multiple plan tiers; full-time rates from $0–$219 (single) to $216–$1,064 (family).
- PTO: (20 days) prorated in the year of hire, paid holidays (10 days)
- Dental & Vision: Voluntary plans; dental $28–$159, vision $7–$22/month.
- Accident Insurance: Optional; $0.021–$0.031 per $1,000 coverage.
- Family Care: Maven Clinic support + $30K lifetime HRA for IVF, adoption, surrogacy, and fertility preservation.
- HSA/FSA Options: Pre-tax savings for medical, dental, vision, and dependent care expenses.
- Disability: Short-term (up to 6 months) and long-term (60% salary, max $10K/month).
- Life & AD&D: Firm-paid coverage = 1x salary (max $250K); optional supplemental plans.
- Retirement: 401(k) with 8% firm contribution after eligibility period; employee deferrals up to $23.5K (+$7.5K age 50+).
- Other Perks: Pre-tax commuter benefits, paid paralegal association dues, AmEx corporate travel card.
- Sparking bubbly water drinks in office and a brand new espresso machine
- Wellness room for nursing, mental health breaks, dr appts, etc (you can lock the door)
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
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