Job address
US
Company size
11-50 employees
Job sector
Law, Public Safety, & Security
occupation category
Paralegals and Legal Assistants
Job type
Contract
Work environment
In person
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- Researches legal problems, develops legal memoranda applying laws to legal problems for presentation to an Attorney
- Maintains case costs by verifying outstanding balances with attorney, clients, and providers
- Organizes exhibits for presentation to jury
- Receives and places telephone calls/emails as needed
- Performs trial preparation as needed
- Monitors proposed legislation and prepares summaries for presentation to an Attorney
- Communicates meeting information to all appropriate persons
- Maintains regular contact with clients under supervision and control of attorney
- Interviews clients, third parties, witnesses, and necessary parties as assigned
- Writes summary reports including all pertinent information
- Generates standard and special PowerPoint presentations for business development opportunities
- Ensures all relevant information is uncovered about case
- Completes various legal forms, such as information retrieval requests, document retrieval requests, and client information profiles
- Prepares affidavits or other documents, such as legal correspondence, and organizes and maintains documents in paper or electronic filing system
- Maintains and renews subscriptions for legal publications
- Organizes and maintains law libraries
- Conducts and participates in legal research, prepares data, and memoranda for study and consideration
- Supervises preparation for annual meeting of shareholders, annual report distribution and drafting and mailing of proxy solicitation
- Provides managing attorneys with case-specific assistance on a wide range of assignments, including regulatory matters, negotiation and drafting of contracts, marketing issues, and policy reformations and rescission issues
- Reviews materials filed in pending cases, schedules hearings and conferences, sets schedules for filing of briefs and motions, prepares case summaries, and otherwise assists Administrative Law Examiners in administrative proceedings
- Assists in evaluation of trial performance
- Records impressions for attorney
- Reviews billing information submitted by office staff and correct information as required
- Plans office meetings, including date, time, place, and agenda for the meeting
- Assists in resolving problems or complaints
- Discusses issues with attorney and others as directed
- Prepares witnesses for trial
- Coordinates appearance of witnesses for testimony
- Provides moral support to witnesses
- Prepares witnesses for court appearance
- Meets with clients and other professionals to discuss details of case
- Develops and maintains paper and/or electronic calendar and tickler systems
- Maintains and utilizes a database by inputting pertinent information into database and retrieving appropriate information from database
- Tracks amount of time spent working on each case
- Develops interrogatories as part of discovery procedures, prioritizes case files, and otherwise assists Attorneys in preparing for judicial and administrative proceedings
- Keeps and monitors legal volumes to ensure that law library is up-to-date
- Prepares, maintains, and submits return court notes for scanning
- Compiles list of time spent working on all cases on a weekly or monthly basis, according to policy
- Authors and signs correspondence provided the paralegal status is clearly indicated and the correspondence does not contain independent legal opinions or legal advice
- Maintains files, including preparing immigration application forms, and affidavits under attorney supervision
- Analyzes what correspondence is necessary
- Investigates public records, cases, and legal precedence for the preparation of materials for litigation and corporate hearings
- Submits documents and information from searches to attorneys for review and approval for use
- Prepares drafts of briefs or arguments
- Organizes and maintains accurate, up-to-date legal databases for all current and past legal motions
- Relays clients' questions and concerns to attorney through written or verbal communication
- Reviews testimony with witnesses
- Collects and prepares information and draft answers to department litigation including informational statements, pleadings, and affidavits
- Ensures all documents are stamped with date received
- Assists in interviewing legal assistant applicants
- Ensures that witness reviews, signs and returns depositions
- Directs and coordinates law office activity, including delivery of subpoenas
- Conducts detail document reviews concerning compliance and government subpoenas regarding Medicaid and Medicare costs and fees
- Reviews and analyzes legislative histories
- Attends meeting and ensure accurate minutes are being taken
- Utilizes profile forms to further evaluate jurors
- Reviews Judges notes to confirm case status and inform assigned ADAs and Defense Counsels when case is set to be called when needed
- Compiles administrative reports such as statistical reports, time records, etc.
- Assists with the drafting and reviewing of legal documents
- Serves as liaison between client and attorney under supervision and control of attorney
- Attends depositions and assists attorney as needed
- Prepares litigation documents such as pleadings, subpoenas, discovery, appeals, motions, affidavits, and agreements
- Drafts and retains basic legal correspondence across all areas of the business, including case-specific reports, advance preparation of appendices and exhibits, evaluation and arrangement for special staffing needs, and tracking documents
- Researches and investigates the facts of cases and identifying appropriate laws, judicial decisions, legal articles, and other materials that are relevant, reporting changes in regulations, guidelines, and laws to all appropriate parties
- Files pleadings/motions/memoranda electronically in Common Pleas and Municipal Courts
- Prepares and files list of witnesses with court
- Calculates deadlines, and creates a system for keeping the deadline
- Provides high-quality support to firm's legal staff in administrative, regulatory, and legal matters, and assist other paralegals, legal secretaries, compliance personnel and attorneys when necessary to meet department needs
- Assists in determining order of witnesses
- Arbitrates disputes between parties and assists in the real estate closing process, such as by reviewing title searches
- Obtains records and information using: law library, court records, electronic search tools, document retrieval services, etc.
- Files pleadings with court clerk and serves opposing counsel
- Reviews departmental policies, monitors, and ensures legal compliance and advises management on methods of guarding against legal liability
- Manages exhibits and other materials during trial
- Abstracts juror profile information
- Maintains information on exhibits as offered
- Works in court, processing and distributing court notes
- Assists with jury selection
- Observes judge and potential jury members
- Conducts factual investigations and interviews complainants and witnesses
- Schedules witnesses for court appearance
- Summarizes depositions, interrogatories and testimony
- Drafts, revises, and finalizes filings, and assist with their submission to appropriate entities
- Recommends to attorney action needed to resolve issue
- Responds in a timely manner to client requirements
- Digests and indexes statutes, cases, administrative rules and decisions, opinions, and evidence
- Organizes and maintains a legal library
- Coordinates with legal secretaries and other support staff as needed
- Checks documents for accuracy of information and conformity with established policy
- Relays explanation of applicable laws, legal options, and next actions to clients
- Prepares billing information
- Utilizes court case management system to update internal case tracking system with real time court adjournments, pleas, defense attorney changes, and sentencing information
- Serves and files legal documents and papers
- Gets affidavits and other formal statements that may be used as evidence in court
- Prepares summary of interviews
- Summarizes depositions
