JOB
This position is responsible for providing in and out of court support for Superior & State Civil and Criminal proceedings for the three highest-level courts of Muscogee County.
- Receives both state and superior court appeals for processing for submission to higher courts and/or appellate courts (Court of Appeals and Supreme Court) to include prisoners' habeas corpus actions.
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Preparing criminal and civil appeals for state and superior courts for at a minimum of nine (9) judges - 7 Superior, 2 State, and also several senior judges whose cases are appealed.
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Coordinating with judges for docketing/scheduling of status conference within mandated 120 days.
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Performing proper documentation and cataloging of the appellate documents to include pulling records both in-house or from archives in the warehouse.
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Detailed review and confirmation of all case filings including documenting case histories and case history activity to include proper court transcript submissions.
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Tracking the progress of appellate procedure to meet the 20-day deadline for submission to appellate courts and/or proper compliance with a timely procedure to request deadline extensions.
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Verifying documents for appeal.
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Indexing appellate record.
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Uploading documents for appeal record.
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Submitting records to the appellate court.
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Preparing cost billings to attorneys.Collecting and recording payment information.
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Staying abreast of law and policies governing the clerk's appellate process and procedures.
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Performs other duties as assigned.
EXAMPLE OF DUTIES
- Knowledge of relevant state laws and guidelines governing the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court.
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Knowledge of modern office procedures.
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Knowledge of the operations and functions of local and state court systems.
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Knowledge of legal terminology and required record-keeping procedures and deadlines.
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Knowledge of bookkeeping and accounting practices.
- Skill in operating standard office equipment such as a typewriter, calculator, copier, microfiche machine, and facsimile machine.
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Skill in the use of computers, standard business software applications, and specialized software applications used by the courts.
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Skill in basic mathematics. Skill in dealing with the public. Skill in oral and written communication.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
The work is typically performed while sitting at a desk or table or while intermittently sitting, standing, bending, crouching, or stooping. The employee occasionally lifts light and heavy objects and climbs ladders. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:
- Climbing – ascending, descending ladders, stairs, ramps, requires body agility.?
- Crouching – bending body forward by bending leg, spine.?
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Feeling – perceiving attributes of objects by touch with skin, fingertips.?
- Grasping – applying pressure to object with fingers, palm.?
- Handling – picking, holding, or working with whole hand.?
- Hearing 1 – perceiving sounds at normal speaking levels, receive information.?
- Kneeling – bending legs at knee to come to rest at knees.?
- Lifting – raising objects from lower to higher position, moving objects side to side, using upper extremities, back.?
- Manual Dexterity – picking, pinching, typing, working with fingers rather than hand.?
- Mental Acuity – ability to make rational decisions through sound logic, deductive reasoning.?
- Pulling - use upper extremities to exert force, haul or tug.?
- Pushing – use upper extremities to press against objects with force, or thrust forward, downward, outward.
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Reaching – extending hands or arms in any direction.?
- Repetitive Motion – substantial movements of wrists, hands, fingers.?
- Speaking – expressing ideas with spoken word, convey detailed, important instructions accurately, concisely.?
- Standing – for sustained periods of time.?
- Stooping – bending body downward, forward at waist, with full motion of lower extremities and back.?
- Talking 1- expressing ideas by spoken word?.
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Visual Acuity 1 - prepare, analyze data, transcribing, computer terminal, extensive reading.?
- Walking - on foot to accomplish tasks, long distances, or site to site.
The work is typically performed in an office or a courtroom.
