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Legal Secretary

State Farm
United States, Michigan, Southfield
Feb 16, 2025

Legal Secretary

US-MI-Southfield

Job ID: 2025-40170
Type: Regular Full Time
# of Openings: 2
Category: Legal, Compliance, and Risk Management
Southfield, MI

Overview

Being good neighbors - helping people, investing in our communities, and making the world a better place - is who we are at State Farm. It is at the core of how we operate and the reason for our success. Come join a #1 team and do some good!



Responsibilities

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.

Rachel S. Croke & Associates, insurance staff counsel for State Farm Insurance Companies, is seeking a Legal Secretary with civil defense litigation experience to join our Detroit Claim Litigation office in Southfield, MI. Candidates must be detail-oriented, adaptable, resourceful, and have the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment. Responsibilities will include but are not limited to supporting multiple attorneys, calendar/scheduling depositions, mediations, and hearings, electronic filing with the courts, processing incoming/outgoing mail, and trial preparation. The position is classified as a hybrid role, meaning that the work arrangement allows for two days per week remote working and three days in-office. Hours for the position are M-F, 8:30 am-5:00 pm. Work arrangements could change over time based on business needs. Based in Southfield, MI we enjoy an active and busy insurance defense practice. We provide a congenial, team-oriented, and professional work environment with skilled support staff.

Location: 20750 Civic Center Drive Suite 400, Southfield, MI 48076-4132

Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

  • Applies specialized knowledge of legal procedures
  • Calendar management, processing mail, electronic/paper filing
  • Scheduling litigation events, including depositions, mediations, and hearings


Qualifications

  • Previous Experience required
    • 3-10 years of recent civil defense litigation secretarial experience preferably in the area of insurance defense including No Fault & Auto Negligence
    • 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 with court system including Odyssey and File & Serve
    • 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 requiredWorking knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
    • 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.


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