Legal Assistant (Office Automation)

About the role

The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Georgia is seeking applications to fill two Legal Assistant vacancies in the Criminal and Civil Divisions. If selected for one of these positions, you will serve as a Legal Assistant with the United States Attorney's Office, Middle District of Georgia.

Responsibilities

• Examines, prepares, and processes a variety of legal documents, e.g., complaints, motions, orders, answers, pleadings, subpoenas, etc.
• Provides assistance to attorneys in trial preparation and exhibits.
• Maintains calendar(s) of assigned attorney(s), tracks filings, hearings, and trial dates, schedules appointments, conferences and interviews.
• Provides reminders of commitments and court appearances.
• Arranges travel including but not limited to, scheduling flights, hotel reservations, and rental car.
• Produces a variety of written legal documents and materials using a wide range of office software applications.
• Provides automation litigation assistance to attorneys in trial preparation and courtroom presentations.

Requirements

• To be eligible at the GS-06 level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-05 level.
• To be eligible at the GS-07 level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-06 level.
• You must meet all qualification requirements upon the closing date of this announcement.

Qualifications

• GS-06: 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; and using automated software to produce legal related reports, documents, correspondence and related materials.
• GS-07: Specialized experience is defined as experience providing assistance to attorneys by preparing complaints, motions, subpoenas, orders, or other hearing and/or trial documents accurately and in proper format; verifying citations and statutory references contained in legal documents; assisting with discovery, hearing or trial preparation by performing duties such as compiling trial notebooks, assembling jury instructions, and compiling witness and exhibit lists; and using automated software to produce legal related reports and documents, including developing tables of contents and indices to briefs.
• To be qualified, you must type at least 40 words per minute based on a 5 minute sample with three or fewer errors.

Additional Information

• The salary range listed above is $45,409 to $65,599 per annum for Albany and Macon, Georgia locations and $48,019 to $69,371 per annum for Columbus, Georgia.
• Payment of relocation expenses will not be authorized.
• The Department of Justice offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part, paid vacation; sick leave; holidays; telework; life insurance; health benefits; and participation in the Federal Employees Retirement System.