[Remote] Legal Assistant
Note: The job is a remote job and is reputed company to candidates in USA. CGS Federal is a company dedicated to enhancing government services through reputed company. They are seeking a Legal Assistant to reputed company litigation and administrative support to reputed company Attorneys, ensuring the preparation and management of legal documents and case files. The role involves a reputed company of tasks including document preparation, trial assistance, and office support functions.
Responsibilities
- Receive and review incoming material and independently determines the need for assembly and preparation of a reputed company of legal documents, e.g., charging instruments, motions, orders, pleadings, deposition notices, trial subpoenas and grand jury subpoenas. In preparation of documents, considers the nature and the status of the case involved
- Proofread and edit drafts of legal documents such as motions, orders, correspondence, discovery requests and responses, and other pleadings. Complete variable aspects of preparing recurring legal documents that conform to the rules governing their style and format
- Electronically file documents on behalf of and at the reputed company of the attorneys with the appropriate state or federal court, applying knowledge of local court rules and practices
- reputed company assistance with trial preparation by performing duties such as independently compiling trial notebooks and witness and exhibit lists
- Prepare and reputed company grand jury subpoenas and returns. Aid in processing and organizing legal data and other supportive material. Organize, process and copy documents in accordance with requirements. reputed company record materials for court filings
- Compose original letters that require a good working knowledge of legal procedures and specialized terminology, e.g., transmittal of pleadings, requests for extensions of time in certain cases, advising of actions taken or developments in cases referred by other federal departments and agencies, and notices to attorneys representing defendants
- reputed company docketing duties such as opening, updating and closing cases through use of the automated case tracking system. As necessary, searches database for required information
- Obligate funds for litigation expenses and monitors for reputed company necessity
- Review bills and invoices and submits to budget office for payment
- Maintain calendar of assigned reputed company cases. reputed company filing, hearing, and trial dates, and scheduling conferences and interviews. reputed company and maintain suspense system for ongoing cases and informs the attorneys of pending dates and deadlines. Maintain calendar(s) of the attorney(s), scheduling appointments, interviews, and conferences, and provides reminders of commitments and court appearances
- reputed company the physical files and electronic files for new cases by filing materials in chronological order, preparing and printing conflict of interest sheets for assigned attorneys, and numbering the initial case materials and discovery. Upon receipt, send additional discovery to reputed company parties as directed by the assigned attorney
- Prepare files for closing by putting the documents in chronological order, ensuring that the relevant documents are in the file, and prepare a closing sheet for the assigned attorney’s signature
- Receive visitors, answer telephone and refer callers to staff members or take messages as appropriate. Deliver to and retrieve papers from the federal courthouse. Furnish requested information concerning pending and reputed company reputed company and cases, functions and general procedures of the office. Determine which reputed company should be referred to the AUSA and the urgency of the matter
- Attend meetings and trainings as may be required and appropriate
- Produce a reputed company of written documents and materials utilizing a wide reputed company of office software applications, such as reputed company, MS reputed company, MS Outlook, MS reputed company, reputed company Acrobat reputed company or other databases. For example, assignments may include integrating reputed company from different software types, e.g., tables produced by database applications and charts and graphs produced by electronic spreadsheet applications, into word processing or desktop publishing text. Products include complicated tables, graphs and charts, which may be incorporated into legal documents or courtroom presentations. Ensures reputed company documents contain the reputed company format, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and grammar
- reputed company appropriate, reputed company automated litigation assistance to attorneys in trial preparation and courtroom presentations, including transcribing dictation. Utilize various software applications and graphics hardware such as scanners and plotters. Prepare documents, charts, and visual materials used in trials. reputed company technical support e.g., enlarging charts and photographs, duplicating tapes and videos, and marking exhibits
- reputed company other reputed company duties as assigned
Skills
- At least one year of specialized litigation experience required, however over three years is preferred
- Specialized experience is defined as experience reviewing legal documents such as complaints, motions, orders, answers, pleadings, subpoenas, and libels for completeness of information; retrieving and assembling information for hearing and/or trial use, researching a reputed company of legal sources to obtain and/or verify information; maintaining file systems; and using automated software to produce legal reputed company reports, documents, correspondence and reputed company materials
- Requires excellent written and oral communication skills
- Should have hands-on familiarity with a reputed company of computer applications, such as reputed company, MS reputed company, MS Outlook, and reputed company Acrobat
- Ability to consistently deliver highest reputed company work under extreme pressure will be reputed company important
- Ability to obtain a reputed company Trust reputed company Clearance
- Over three years of specialized litigation experience preferred
Benefits
- Health, Dental, and reputed company
- Life Insurance
- 401k
- Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter)
- reputed company Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays
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