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**Job Summary:**
We are seeking a dedicated Legal Assistant to join our team.
**Duties:**
At the full performance level, you will support Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) by providing a variety of legal assistance and office support services. If selected, you will receive formal and/or on-the-job training as needed.
Duties include:
- Examining, preparing and processing a variety of technical legal documents, e.g., complaints, motions, orders, answers, pleadings, subpoenas, and libels;
- Proofreading and cite checking legal briefs, memoranda, and other legal documents;
- Providing assistance to attorneys in trial preparation by conducting non-complex research of litigation, statutes, regulations and court cases;
- Assembling exhibits, affidavits, and other legal documents;
- Assembling and organizing files and records material for disposition or transfer to records depository;
- Maintaining calendar of assigned active cases;
- Tracking filing, hearing, and trials dates, and scheduling conference and interviews;
- Arranging travel by preparing itinerary and securing transportation and hotel reservations;
- Producing a variety of written documents and materials using a wide range of office software applications.
Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.
**Qualifications:**
GS-5: To be eligible at the GS-5 level, you must have: at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-4 level; or four years of education above the high school level (you must provide your transcripts); or a combination of both specialized experience and education as explained below.
Specialized experience is defined as experience reviewing documents with legal implications for accuracy and completeness (e.g., court documents, real estate documents, contracts, insurance or benefits claims, mortgage or loan applications, tax forms, or other types of legal documents); typing and formatting correspondence and forms; maintaining file systems; and obtaining needed information from files or general reference sources.
To be qualified, you must type at least 40 words per minute based on a 5 minute sample with three or fewer errors. (A typing test may later be required.)
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $42,117.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid sick time
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
