Legal Secretary - Military Veterans
at State Farm
Legal Secretary
US-IL-Chicago
Job ID: 2025-40238
Type: Regular Full Time
# of Openings: 2
Category: Legal, Compliance, and Risk Management
Chicago, IL
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.
Michael D. Gallo insurance staff counsel for State Farm Insurance Companies, is seeking an Legal Secretary to join the Chicago 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/paper 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 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.
The office is located at: 120 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1900, Chicago, IL 60602
Hours of operation are 8:30am-5:00pm
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Applies specialized knowledge of legal procedures
- Calendar management, processing mail, electronic/paper filing (details vary by jurisdiction)
- Scheduling litigation events, including depositions, mediations and hearings
Qualifications
Previous Experience required
- 2-5 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 Cook, DuPage, Will Counties electronic filing system
- Working 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.
- Hybrid work arrangement.
- Travel not required. #SFPL PM22 #LI-SK2
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Chicago, IL
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We are people who make it our business to be like a good neighbor; who built a premier company by selling and keeping promises through our marketing partnership; who bring diverse talents and experiences to our work of serving the State Farm customer.
Our success is built on a foundation of shared values -- quality service and relationships, mutual trust, integrity and financial strength.
Our vision for the future is to be the customer's first and best choice in the products and services we provide. We will continue to be the leader in the insurance industry and we will become a leader in the financial services arena. Our customers' needs will determine our path. Our values will guide us.