Paralegal

Hernando County Sheriff's Office • Brooksville, FL

23d • Onsite

About The Position

Under the direction of the agency’s General Counsel, this position combines traditional paralegal litigation support with administrative, calendaring, and contract management responsibilities. The incumbent must be familiar with basic legal terminology and have an understanding of pleadings and other legal documents including claims, summons and complaints, motions, notices, subpoenas, affidavits, orders and final judgements. The incumbent must be familiar with the electronic filing system and also familiar with the scheduling of court hearings and trials, coordinating witnesses, and attending to the attorney’s calendar. The incumbent should also have basic knowledge of, or willingness to learn contract management software as they will be responsible for getting all contracts for the agency set up for review.

Requirements

• Graduation from a college or university with a Bachelor’s Degree Or Certified Legal Assistant (CLA) or Certified Paralegal (CP)
• 2 years’ legal litigation experience Or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Must possess a valid Florida driver’s license
• Knowledge of legal format and legal terminology
• Knowledge of Internet software; and Microsoft spreadsheet and word processing software
• Knowledge of office practices, procedures, equipment and filing systems
• Knowledge of business English, spelling, punctuation and arithmetic
• Ability to prepare pleadings, legal documents and legal correspondence
• Ability to deal with the public and fellow members in an effective and courteous manner
• Ability to work independently on confidential para-legal and secretarial tasks
• Skill in taking and transcribing dictation, including minutes of meetings and statements of witnesses
• Ability to perform all functions of the job classification without posing a direct threat to the health or safety of other individuals in the workplace

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with basic legal terminology
• Understanding of pleadings and other legal documents including claims, summons and complaints, motions, notices, subpoenas, affidavits, orders and final judgements
• Familiarity with the electronic filing system
• Familiarity with the scheduling of court hearings and trials, coordinating witnesses, and attending to the attorney’s calendar
• Basic knowledge of, or willingness to learn contract management software

Responsibilities

• Draft routine pleadings for review and editing by the attorney
• Review pleadings before finalization
• Electronically file pleadings
• Draft correspondence
• Prepare subpoenas
• Assist in creating a system to maintain and communicate tasks/pending matters lists
• Follow up on outstanding matters with and without reminders by attorney
• Calendar response deadlines in conjunction with attorney
• Receive calls for attorney
• Ensure the attorney is prepared for court with any documents, files, or information they may need
• Work with outside counsel attorneys
• Compile, organize and maintain discovery files and records
• Follow and complete tasks on forfeiture checklist, including drafting complaint and initial draft of forfeiture affidavit, monitoring deadlines, preparing other pleadings, correspondence and settlement agreement, if necessary; scheduling deputy to appear at Adversarial Preliminary Hearing, if scheduled, etc.
• Contract software management

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level