Criminal Legal Assistant

KMRG, LLC•Atlanta, GA

12h•$29 - $35•Onsite

About The Position

The Criminal Legal Assistant works in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Georgia (USAO NDGA), in Atlanta, Georgia, providing Assistant United States Attorneys in the Criminal Division with legal, litigation, and administrative support for active criminal cases and daily office operations. The role supports criminal litigation, legal research, discovery and evidence management, trial preparation, case tracking, scheduling, and administrative and travel tasks. The position is full-time, 40 hours per week, with office hours of 8:30 AM–5:00 PM. Routine telework is not authorized, though situational telework may be authorized. The primary workstation is in an office setting, and work may also be required at branch offices in Rome, Gainesville, and Newnan, Georgia. Travel may be required within the district or occasionally outside it. The role requires U.S. citizenship and successful completion of a federal background investigation.

Requirements

Demonstrated experience performing similar legal administrative, litigation support, and criminal case support duties.
Proficiency in Automated Litigation Support software applications.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
Ability to organize, manage, and retrieve legal documents, discovery, evidence, and case materials.
Ability to make responsible decisions on short notice and adapt to unexpected developments.
Strong legal document formatting, proofreading, and cite-checking skills.
Physically located within the general geographic commuting radius of the USAO NDGA office.
Valid driver’s license.
High school diploma or equivalent.
U.S. citizenship.
Ability to successfully complete the required federal background investigation.

Nice To Haves

Four-year undergraduate degree.
Additional legal training, paralegal education, or related coursework.

Responsibilities

Support Assistant United States Attorneys with day-to-day criminal litigation and legal administrative work.
Prepare, format, process, and file pleadings, motions, briefs, affidavits, and other legal documents.
Draft recurring criminal litigation documents and prepare complaints, warrants, indictments, summonses, and grand jury subpoenas.
Review legal materials, proofread and cite-check court filings, and assemble tables of authorities, contents, exhibits, and filing materials.
Compose routine legal correspondence, transmittal letters, notices, and case-related communications.
Conduct factual and legal research in legal and non-legal databases at attorney direction, including research on individuals, companies, witnesses, and case-related entities.
Compile cited cases, opinions, statutes, references, and supporting materials, and provide organized research findings to attorneys.
Organize evidence and discovery for production, investigations, hearings, and trials; prepare evidence summaries and summaries of witness interviews and meetings.
Maintain paper and electronic evidence, discovery, correspondence, exhibits, and case files, including PDFs, images, audio, video, bank records, and forensic reports.
Code, index, search, organize, and retrieve discovery using litigation support tools; assist with document searches, first-level review, and production coordination.
Prepare witness binders, exhibits, and case documents for investigations, hearings, and trials.
Compile trial notebooks, jury instructions, witness and exhibit lists, and courtroom materials; prepare charts, graphs, timelines, visuals, and presentation materials.
Provide automated litigation support and use litigation support software and related equipment to prepare case materials; enlarge charts and photos, duplicate audio and video, and mark exhibits.
Coordinate with Victim-Witness staff on victims’ rights, services issues, and related notifications.
Open, update, track, and close criminal cases in the automated case tracking system; maintain case files and track case status, developments, deadlines, filings, hearings, trials, conferences, and interviews.
Prepare case status summaries, maintain calendars and deadline systems, and remind attorneys about deadlines, appointments, commitments, and court appearances.
Search case files, legal references, and records for information; prepare files and records for screening, organization, disposition, transfer, or storage.
Receive visitors and callers, provide appropriate information, refer inquiries to attorneys, and assess urgency for follow-up.
Maintain administrative and litigation files, records, correspondence, and related office materials.
Review bills, invoices, litigation expenses, obligations, and budget items; assist with ordering supplies and processing timekeeping records.
Arrange travel, transportation, lodging, itineraries, authorizations, vouchers, and reimbursements.