Legal Assistant - Litigation
Pay Range
Pay Range: $26.74 - $28.85/hr. | $55,619 - $60,008 annual compensation
Benefits
- 11 Paid Holidays
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Paid Time Off
- Pension Plan
- Professional Development Opportunities
About the Role
The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability. The Fort Worth City Attorney’s Office is a collegial team of legal professionals providing excellent legal service to the City of Fort Worth. As an in-house legal department, we practice in a wide range of civil and criminal law on behalf of and for the City, including general counsel, litigation, and prosecutorial areas. Local government is the form of government that is closest to the people and working for a well-managed city like Fort Worth gives meaning and purpose as you see the direct and positive impact your legal work has on improving the community.
Responsibilities
- Provides administrative and legal support to attorneys in the City Prosecutor’s Office
- Prepares legal documents and correspondence
- Drafts answers, discovery responses, briefs, appendices, and other litigation pleadings
- Maintains physical and electronic files
- Calculates and tracks deadlines
- Enters and updates case information in case-management and court systems and maintains accurate case status information
- Aids attorneys with court calendars, hearings, trials, docket preparation, and other court-related activities
- Copies, scans, answers telephones, and provides assistance to the general public and city staff
Requirements
- Minimum Qualifications:
- Associate degree from an accredited college with major course work in Business Administration, Public Administration, Office Administration, or related field
- Two (2) years of increasingly responsible Legal Assistant experience
- Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience coordinating with courts, law enforcement agencies, attorneys, defendants, victims, witnesses, and other governmental agencies
- Experience providing legal support in a prosecutor’s office, law firm, court, or governmental legal environment
- Strong working knowledge of legal terminology, court procedures, and the preparation and processing of legal documents
- Experience utilizing electronic and online court filing systems
- Attention to detail, time management, and the ability to handle confidential information
Qualifications
- Minimum Qualifications:
- Associate degree from an accredited college with major course work in Business Administration, Public Administration, Office Administration, or related field
- Two (2) years of increasingly responsible Legal Assistant experience
- Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience coordinating with courts, law enforcement agencies, attorneys, defendants, victims, witnesses, and other governmental agencies
- Experience providing legal support in a prosecutor’s office, law firm, court, or governmental legal environment
- Strong working knowledge of legal terminology, court procedures, and the preparation and processing of legal documents
- Experience utilizing electronic and online court filing systems
- Attention to detail, time management, and the ability to handle confidential information
Skills
- Administrative and legal support
- Legal document preparation
- Case management and court systems
- Confidential information handling
- Electronic and online court filing systems
Benefits
- 11 Paid Holidays
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Paid Time Off
- Pension Plan
- Professional Development Opportunities
Schedule
Sedentary Work – Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time.
Pay
Pay Range: $26.74 - $28.85/hr. | $55,619 - $60,008 annual compensation
Conditions of Employment
- The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
- The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.