Legal Assistant
About The Position
The County Attorney's Office has a permanent opening in Clearwater, Florida for a legal assistant with litigation experience. The legal assistant is responsible for advanced legal assistant work including dealing with subjects primarily legal in nature and must be familiar with legal terminology. They will perform a wide variety of clerical tasks which will require the application of independent judgment and knowledge of laws, regulations, policies, and procedures as well as handling general office tasks such as the receipt and disposition of office calls, visitors, mail and maintaining appointment calendars and scheduling meetings.
Requirements
- Minimum 3 years of legal assistant experience; or Associate degree or 2 years of college in legal studies, paralegal studies or related field and 1 year of legal assistant experience; or Bachelor’s or higher-level degree in legal studies, paralegal studies or related field.
- Must be able to accurately type 55 net words per minute.
- Ability to work in a structured and deadline driven environment.
- Assignment to work a variety of work schedules including compulsory work periods in special, emergency, and/or disaster situations.
Nice To Haves
- Previous experience using Prolaw law office software.
- Previous experience supporting multiple attorneys.
Responsibilities
- Keeps appointment calendars, schedules appointments, and legal hearings and advises attorneys of important meetings and hearings.
- Prepares legal instruments such as pleadings, legal briefs, agreements, subpoenas, and related documents.
- Independently prepares routine legal forms & correspondence.
- Files pleadings with the appropriate court.
- Sets up and maintains files, files letters, legal pleadings, and related materials and assembles information for other's use.
- Scans and converts documents received to ensure proper formatting and profiling.
- Transcribes handwritten documents for review and editing.
- Receives and screens callers, gives information on office operations, and refers callers to other employees, officials or departments as warranted.
- Processes incoming mail and expense reports.
- Performs other related job duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Outstanding health, prescription, vision, dental benefits
- Retirement plans
- Affordable medical, dental, vision, life insurance
- Flexible spending accounts
- Florida Retirement System (FRS)
- Generous leave time
- Wellness Program
- Access to county gyms 24/7
- Deferred compensation
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
