Legal Secretary
We’re hiring an experienced Legal Secretary to support our Native American Law and Education and Governance practices in our Downtown San Diego office. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, bring exceptional attention to detail, communicates effectively, and enjoys being a trusted right hand to busy attorneys, we’d love to meet you. What You’ll Do You’ll provide high-level administrative and practice support to attorneys handling complex transactional matters, with a focus on Real Estate, Native American Law, Education (charter schools), and Governance. Ideal candidates bring 5+ years of experience supporting attorneys in transactional, real estate, education, governance, or similarly complex practice areas and are confident handling:
- Drafting, formatting, proofreading, and preparing transactional documents, correspondence, agreements, resolutions, corporate and governance documents, and memoranda.
- Assisting with the assembly, execution, and distribution of deal documents, including signature packets and closing binders
- Supporting real estate transactions, leasing matters, and related closings
- Managing complex attorney calendars, coordinating meetings with clients, school administrators, board members, tribal representatives, and outside parties
- Coordinating communications with tribal governments, charter schools, education stakeholders, and other public or quasi-public entities
- Organizing due diligence materials, tracking deadlines and project timelines, and maintaining electronic and physical matter files
- Preparing and processing expense reports, check requests, and other administrative tasks
- Supporting multiple attorneys in a deadline-driven, high-volume environment while maintaining accuracy and organization
- Assisting with document management related to governance matters, board actions, policies, compliance materials, and education-related regulatory issues
- Assisting with travel arrangements, meeting preparation, and client logistics as needed
Prior experience supporting attorneys in transactional, Real Estate, Native American Law, Education, Governance, or Public-Sector related practices is strongly preferred. Experience with litigation, charter schools or education matters is a plus, but not required. Why Work With Us?
- Hybrid work environment with flexibility to balance office and remote work
- Collaborative, team-oriented culture
- Opportunity to support meaningful work involving tribal governments, real estate development, education institutions, and governance matters
- Competitive compensation. This role typically pays $87,000–$100,000+ depending on experience. If your expectations are outside this range, we still encourage you to apply.
- Comprehensive benefits for full-time employees, including medical (HMO/PPO), dental (HMO/PPO), vision, FSA/HSA options, Employee Assistance Program, wellness incentives, a strong 401(k) profit-sharing program, and generous time-off policies
If you’re a proactive, highly organized legal secretary who enjoys supporting sophisticated transactional and governance-focused legal work, we’d love to hear from you. Procopio is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and encourages applications from women, people of color, persons with disabilities, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals. Procopio Rises Above and has made a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion; we condemn the discrimination of applicants by race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability or any other characteristic protected by law.
