Paralegal II - Trial Prep & Witness Support

King County, WA; Kent (WA); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid schedules

Flexible schedules and telecommuting

Excellent benefits package

Training and career development

Paid holidays and leave

Job summary

King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office seeks a paralegal to support trial-intensive caseloads involving sexual offenses, human trafficking, and felony child abuse. The role requires in-person presence at MRJC and occasional KC Courthouse, with hybrid telecommuting and a two-day office requirement per week.

Responsibilities include assisting prosecutors, managing PbK, handling discovery, creating exhibits, and coordinating witnesses.

Qualifications

• Must possess excellent organizational skills, high attention to detail, and the ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to provide excellent customer service in communications with people of diverse backgrounds, including victims, witnesses, law enforcement, and the public in a tactful, diplomatic, patient, and professional manner.
• Must be receptive to instructions, feedback, and coaching.
• Ability to use independent judgment, exercise initiative, anticipate needs, and respond appropriately.
• Demonstrates strong discernment skills in using discretion when working with confidential information.
• Analytical and critical thinking skills to make decisions and initiate action.
• Proven time management skills to handle multiple tasks effectively and accurately within short deadlines.
• Flexible and possess the ability to work both as part of a small team and independently.
• Knowledge of legal office practices, procedures, and equipment.

Responsibilities

• The paralegal will assist prosecutors in all phases of trial preparation; prepare, process and e-file legal documents; generate, process, print and send witness letters and subpoenas for service
• Maintain case management system (Prosecutor by Karpel – PbK) to reflect updated witness information, court dates, discovery dissemination, trial and disposition information, and any other important information that needs to be documented.
• Manage discovery: organize, index, scan, Bates stamp, redact, and prepare voluminous amounts of materials for dissemination that are received in various hard and electronic formats.
• Manage daily work requests within “MyView” in PbK.

Skills

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Customer service

Independent judgment

Discretion with confidential info

Time management

Tools

PbK (Prosecutor by Karpel)

Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, OneNote, OneDrive)

Adobe Pro Acrobat

Evidence.com

KC Script

JABS

SAW

JBRS

PeopleMap/Accurint

Job description

King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office seeks a paralegal to support trial-intensive caseloads involving sexual offenses, human trafficking, and felony child abuse. The role requires in-person presence at MRJC and occasional KC Courthouse, with hybrid telecommuting and a two-day office requirement per week.

Responsibilities include assisting prosecutors, managing PbK, handling discovery, creating exhibits, and coordinating witnesses.