Hybrid Legal Assistant

at CGS Federal (Contact Government Services)

• Job title: Legal Assistant
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior
• Salary: $45,000 - $55,000 per year
• Degree requirement: High School Diploma
• Tech skills: Assembly
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Los Angeles, United States

About the role

• Legal Assistant working under the direction of U.S. Attorneys to provide litigation and administrative support. Involves document preparation, editing, filing, and trial assistance.

Responsibilities

• Provide litigation and administrative support to a group of United States Attorneys.
• Receive and review incoming material and independently determines the need for assembly and preparation of a variety of legal documents.
• Proofread and edit drafts of legal documents such as motions, orders, correspondence, discovery requests and responses, and other pleadings.
• Electronically file documents on behalf of and at the directive of the attorneys with the appropriate state or federal court.
• Provide assistance with trial preparation by performing duties such as independently compiling trial notebooks and witness and exhibit lists.
• Prepare and track grand jury subpoenas and returns. Aid in processing and organizing legal data and other supportive material. Organize, process and copy documents in accordance with requirements. Assemble record materials for court filings.
• Compose original letters that require a good working knowledge of legal procedures and specialized terminology.

Requirements

• At least one year of specialized litigation experience required, however over three years is preferred.
• Specialized experience is defined as experience reviewing legal documents such as complaints, motions, orders, answers, pleadings, subpoenas, and libels for completeness of information; retrieving and assembling information for hearing and/or trial use, researching a variety of legal sources to obtain and/or verify information; maintaining file systems; and using automated software to produce legal related reports, documents, correspondence and related materials.
• Requires excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Should have hands-on familiarity with a variety of computer applications, such as MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, and Adobe Acrobat.
• Ability to consistently deliver highest quality work under extreme pressure will be very important.
• Ability to obtain a Public Trust Security Clearance

Benefits

• Health, Dental, and Vision
• Life Insurance
• 401k
• Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter)
• Paid Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays