Legal Assistant - Litigation

The City of Fort Worth; Law; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

11 Paid Holidays

Medical

Dental

Vision

Paid Time Off

Pension Plan

Professional Development Opportunities

Job summary

The City of Fort Worth is seeking a Legal Assistant for the City Attorney's Office to provide administrative and legal support to attorneys. Responsibilities include drafting documents, maintaining files, and tracking deadlines in case-management systems.

This role supports city prosecutors and legal staff in civil and criminal matters. Minimum qualifications include an Associate degree in Business/Public Administration or related field and two years of legal assistant experience; preferred

Qualifications

• Associate degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, Office Administration, or related field.
• Two years of increasingly responsible Legal Assistant experience.
• Experience coordinating with courts, law enforcement agencies, attorneys, defendants, victims, witnesses, and other governmental agencies.

Responsibilities

• Provides administrative and legal support to attorneys in the City Prosecutor's Office.
• Preparing legal documents and correspondence.
• Drafting answers, discovery responses, briefs, appendices, and other litigation pleadings.
• Maintaining physical and electronic files.
• Calculating and tracking deadlines.
• Enters and updates case information in case-management and court systems and maintains accurate case status information.
• Assists attorneys with court calendars, hearings, trials, docket preparation, and other court-related activities.
• Copying, scanning, answering telephones, and providing assistance to the general public and city staff.

Skills

Legal admin support

Education

Associate degree

Tools

Court filing systems

Job description

Pay Range: $26.74 - $28.85/hr. | $55,619 - $60,008 annual compensation

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities.

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.

The Fort Worth City Attorney's Office is a collegial team of legal professionals providing excellent legal service to the City of Fort Worth. As an in-house legal department, we practice in a wide range of civil and criminal law on behalf of and for the City, including general counsel, litigation, and prosecutorial areas. Local government is the form of government that is closest to the people and working for a well-managed city like Fort Worth gives meaning and purpose as you see the direct and positive impact your legal work has on improving the community.

A Legal Assistant position is available with the Fort Worth City Attorney's Office. This office is a team of legal professionals focused on providing consistent, excellent legal service and quality customer service to the City of Fort Worth. We strive to be a well-managed office that is proactive and integrated into the day-to-day activities of the City and to be recognized by our peers for exemplary professionalism and ethical behavioral.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associate degree from an accredited college with major course work in Business Administration, Public Administration, Office Administration, or related field
• Two (2) years of increasingly responsible Legal Assistant experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience coordinating with courts, law enforcement agencies, attorneys, defendants, victims, witnesses, and other governmental agencies
• Experience providing legal support in a prosecutor's office, law firm, court, or governmental legal environment
• Strong working knowledge of legal terminology, court procedures, and the preparation and processing of legal documents.
• Experience utilizing electronic and online court filing systems
• Attention to detail, time management, and the ability to handle confidential information

The Legal Assistant job responsibilities include:

• Provides administrative and legal support to attorneys in the City Prosecutor's Office
• Preparing legal documents and correspondence
• Drafting answers, discovery responses, briefs, appendices, and other litigation pleadings
• Maintaining physical and electronic files
• Calculating and tracking deadlines
• Enters and updates case information in case-management and court systems and maintains accurate case status information
• Assists attorneys with court calendars, hearings, trials, docket preparation, and other court-related activities
• Copying, scanning, answering telephones, and providing assistance to the general public and city staff

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions

Sedentary Work - Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met

Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) Background Check

Applicants for this position must pass a Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) fingerprint-based background check and maintain CJIS eligibility. Due to CJIS requirements related to system access, the following will result in being disqualified for this position: Felony Convictions, Felony Deferred Adjudication, Class A Misdemeanor Conviction, Class B Misdemeanor Convictions in the last 10 years, Class A Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication, Class B Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication in the last 10 years, an Open Arrest for Any Criminal Offense (Felony or Misdemeanor), and ALL Family Violence Convictions regardless of class

Conditions of Employment

The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.

The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.

Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.