Paralegal Or Senior Paralegal

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 ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: (The following examples are illustrative only and are not intended to be all inclusive.) 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 databa 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 SharePoin 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. Responsible for collecting data, preparing the department budget, and meeting deadlines for the next year's budget Prepares vouchers for payment and records budget expenditures. Monitors budget to prevent over-expenditures. 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. Maintains law library. Performs other duties as assigned. Senior Paralegal: Serves as lead support staff member for project assignments in the areas of legal research and the preparation of legal documents. Conducts advanced research and analysis utilizing legal resources including U.S. and State statutes, Federal and State judicial and agency decisions, rules and regulations, and commercial legal reference materials. Performs specialized project assignments in the areas of land use, real estate transactions, litigation matters and mental health proceedings Provides guidance and oversight to lower classified legal analyst, and legal assistant, in areas of legal research, fact gathering, drafting legal documents and general assistance to non-legal staff. Represents legal department at various county staff meetings and provides general legal guidance to non-legal staff. Negotiates and monitors purchase agreements with legal resource vendors. Provides guidance and oversight to Legal Analyst (I) and Legal Assistant in the areas of legal research, fact gathering, drafting legal documents and general assistance to non-legal staff. Represents legal department at various county staff meetings and provides general legal guidance to non-legal staff. EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: Paraleg l: An associate's degree in a related field. Three years of experience in a legal office. A combination of experience and education may be considered. Senior Paralegal: A bachelor's degree in a related field. Ten years of progressively responsible experience in a legal office, specializing in government issues. A combination of experience and education may be considered. CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSES, & REGISTRATIONS: An ABA approved Paralegal certificate is required. This position requires successful completion of a criminal background check including fingerprinting through a national database. For more information on job functions, requirements and to apply please visit:https://douglasco.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/5/home/r equisition/2533?c=douglasco