The Paralegal I position provides specialized Legal Assistant II duties and responsibilities to assigned attorneys in the Superior Court Unit. The role performs lead duties to other legal support staff, such as planning work and daily priorities, distributing and checking their work, and developing unit/office procedures.
Requirements
- Types correspondence, reports, legal pleadings and other material with high standards of accuracy, style of presentation, completeness and correctness of content.
- Composes responses to routine inquiries from attorneys, agencies and the public.
- In support of litigation, may perform research on specific subject matter and summarizes findings for attorney review.
- Drafts legal documents for attorney review and signature.
- Reviews case documents for grammar and appropriate content.
- Assures proper documents are completed and filed in preparation of or as a result of legal motions such as written evidentiary motions, legal memoranda, summary judgements, supporting documents, finding of fact and conclusions of law, etc.
- Provides assistance and information to the public and witnesses regarding court dates and appearances on criminal cases.
- Provides courtroom support to Defense Attorney by organizing and preparing trial notebooks, exhibits, or other documents, organizing and scheduling witnesses, taking notes, and/or related tasks during trial or other hearings.
- Communicates verbally or in writing with opposing attorneys or parties regarding discovery issues, settlement negotiations, or other matters related to the litigation.
- Extracts information from case management and related systems to generate specialized reports.
- Research, compiles, and completes special project assignments as assigned.
- Maintains statistics and prepares statistical reports.
- Performs lead work duties including coordinating and monitoring staff workload, assisting in the planning of work and setting daily priorities, and developing training plans and training staff.
- Conveys supervisor's direction and instructions to subordinate personnel, furnishing explanation when necessary.
- Advises staff on supervisor's preference and requirements.
- Assists in managing office activities including responding to complaints and recommending solutions, being the first point of contact in resolving staff problems, and the frequent reporting on, and maintenance of, a positive working environment with respect to personnel problems, disciplinary issues, assessing work performance of staff, and providing input for evaluations to the supervisor.
- Devises and evaluates office procedures and implements changes subject to approval of supervisor.
Benefits
- Great employee benefits, including a retirement plan, pre-tax savings accounts, comprehensive health care and dental/vision care for you and your family.
- Paid Leave: Full-time regular employees earn paid vacation in addition to paid holidays.
- Flexible Work Schedules: Some of the options that employees may take advantage of include alternative or compressed schedules and/or remote working.
- Deferred Compensation: The County offers 3 voluntary deferred compensation plans for employees who would like to set aside additional deferred tax dollars into a retirement savings plan.
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA): Employees can take advantage of Section 125 flexible spending accounts for out-of-pocket health care and daycare expenses with pre-tax dollars.
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness: This is a federal program which allows full-time public service employees who have made qualifying payments for certain loans, to get their student loans repaid.
