Legal Secretary

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Starting Salary is $57,074.88 - $70,000.00 annually. Potential yearly incentive pay up to 9% of base salary (results may vary from year to year). Because work-life-balance is a priority at State Farm, compensation is based on our standard 38:45-hour work week Salary offered is dependent on skills and qualifications, with the high end of the range limited to applicants with significant relevant experience. 

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• Get Paid On top of our competitive pay, you are eligible for an annual raise and bonus.
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• Finish Strong Plan for retirement using free financial advisors and a 401(k) plan with company contributions of up to 7% of your salary.

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As a Fortune 50 company, we hire the best employees to serve our customers, making us a leader in the insurance and financial services industry. In 2024, the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity named State Farm a Top Performer and Compass Award Winner. Additionally, Fortune named State Farm one of the Worlds Most Admired Companies. 

Our mission is to provide high quality legal services in a cost-effective manner and to act as strategic thinking partners for our client and customers. To succeed, we need self-starters who are agile, creative, collaborative, strategic, passionate, and communicative.

Keith L. Shoji insurance staff counsel for State Farm Insurance Companies, is seeking a Legal Secretary to join the Riverside Claim Litigation office. While every day can provide different experiences and opportunities, a typical day as a Legal Secretary involves supporting attorneys in a fast-paced high volume environment. Duties include calendaring and scheduling, processing mail and electronic filing. The office allows for collaborative environments with access to peer mentors. This role provides diversity of work and the opportunity for development/advancement. This role will interact with clients, courts, counsel throughout the litigation process on behalf of the attorney. The position is classified as a hybrid role, meaning that the work arrangement calls for hours in the office in and virtually. Everyone in a hybrid role is required to spend time in the office.  Work arrangements could change over time based on business needs. Please note: the office is currently located in Riverside, CA. It is expected that the office will be relocated to Ontario, CA in first quart of 2025. Same hybrid model would apply.

Locations:

• 1600 Iowa Ave. Suite 200, Riverside, CA 92507
• 3633 Inland Empire Blvd, Suite 300; Ontario, CA 91764

To learn more about legal careers at State Farm, please view the following videos:

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Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Applies specialized knowledge of legal procedures
• Calendar management, processing mail, electronic filing (details vary by office location and structure)
• Scheduling litigation events, including depositions, mediations and hearings
• Propounding discovery, preparing deposition notices, including non-retained and retained expert witnesses, filing motions and pleadings

Previous Experience required

• 1-7 years of recent civil defense litigation secretarial experience preferably in insurance defense or personal injury
• Knowledge of legal and medical terminology, local and state rules regarding pleadings and pre-trial matters, deadlines, and filing requirements

Key Skills required

• Calendaring and scheduling experience within a legal environment
• Strong organizational skills, prioritizing urgent and non-urgent tasks (items with deadlines, handling demands), multitasking
• E-filing experience
• Knowledge of legal and medical terminology, local and state rules regarding pleadings and pre-trial matters, deadlines, and filing requirement (preferred not required)
• Ability to adapt to a corporate law environment
• Strong written and oral communication skills (proofreading, attention to detail, formatting)
• Accurate typing skills needed

Technology/software experience required

• Working knowledge of local court electronic filing systems
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe
• Working knowledge of Case Management system
• Working knowledge of Document Storage system

Additional Details:

• Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately. State Farm will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work opportunities
• Hybrid work arrangement.
• Travel not required.
• For Los Angeles candidates: Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories.
• For San Francisco candidates: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records PM22
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