Paralegal (County Attorney's Office)

Douglas County, CO • Castle Rock, CO

8d • $62,092 - $93,138

About The Position

This is professional litigation support, legal research, and paralegal work in the County Attorney's office. The County Attorney’s Office is a fast-paced, high-volume workplace responsible for the entire range of legal matters for the County including providing critical legal support in such areas as labor and employment, civil rights, constitutional law, public records, purchasing and contracts, land use approval process, and real property matters. Generally, the hiring range is $62,092-$77,615 annually. Qualifications, education and experience as it relates to the position will be taken into consideration when determining hiring salary. Your future is important to us. Douglas County offers a comprehensive benefits package — including medical, dental, vision, and retirement plans — plus a wide range of additional resources to support your health, growth, and overall well-being. View the full Employee Benefits Guide View the full job description here

Requirements

• An associate’s degree in a related field.
• At least three years of experience in a legal office.
• A combination of experience and education may be considered.
• An ABA approved Paralegal certificate is required.
• This position requires successful completion of a criminal background check including fingerprinting through a national database.

Nice To Haves

• Prior records and redaction experience preferred.
• Prior civil discovery experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• This position will handle some records requests (community records requests, discovery requests, subpoenas for records, etc.).
• In addition to pulling documents from multiple databases, this position will be working to redact records pursuant to the applicable statutes and direction from attorneys.
• Researches and analyzes legal resources including U.S. and State statutes, Federal and State judicial and agency decisions, rules and regulations, and commercial legal reference materials utilizing online legal research databases.
• Managing the eDiscovery process; reviewing, organizing, indexing, scanning/uploading, Bates stamping, redacting, and preparing voluminous amounts of materials, as well as preserving the confidentiality of the privileged discovery or investigation components for dissemination that are received in various hard and electronic formats including through SharePoint and OneDrive.
• Working with various county departments to obtain, collect and organize material.
• Assistance with entering cases and data into the case management system; demonstrated experience organizing and maintaining physical and electronic confidential files.
• Proficient in Office 365, SharePoint, OneDrive, eDiscovery programs, case management programs and Adobe Professional.
• Investigates facts and applicable laws to determine legal issues and recommends course of action to supervising attorneys.
• Prepares and reviews, under the supervision of an attorney, legal documents including contracts, intergovernmental agreements, professional service agreements, resolutions, ordinances, and pleadings.
• Conducts litigation investigation, interviews witnesses, and reviews factual evidence.
• Reviews and summarizes pending Federal and State legislation.
• Drafts litigation documents including summonses, complaints, answers, various motions, responses to motions, discovery related documents, and pleadings related to condemnation proceedings.
• Assists in the preparation of demonstrative exhibits and trial exhibit notebooks for state and federal court proceedings.
• Maintain litigation calendars and file litigation documents with State and Federal Courts.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Douglas County offers a comprehensive benefits package — including medical, dental, vision, and retirement plans — plus a wide range of additional resources to support your health, growth, and overall well-being.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree