Legal Secretary 7-9 - Financial Crimes Division
About the role
This position provides experienced legal secretary services to litigation attorneys in the Financial Crimes Division’s Child Support Unit in the Department of Attorney General.
Responsibilities
- Prepare and finalize legal pleadings for filing with various state and federal courts, requiring considerable knowledge and expertise
- Perform a wide variety of other legal secretarial duties
- Coordinate attorney schedules for attendance at court hearings for a high-volume caseload
- Communicate efficiently and courteously with defense attorneys, victims, and witnesses via phone and email
Required Education
Educational level typically acquired through completion of high school.
Qualifications by Level
Legal Secretary 7: Two years of administrative support experience where use of a personal computer to prepare correspondence, reports, charts, etc., or to enter/retrieve/update information is an essential part of the work, including one year equivalent to 6-level administrative support experience.
Legal Secretary E8: Three years of administrative support experience where use of a personal computer to prepare correspondence, reports, charts, etc., or to enter/retrieve/update information is an essential part of the work, including one year involving legal secretarial practices equivalent to a Legal Secretary 7.
Legal Secretary 9: Four years of office experience involving administrative support practices, including two years involving legal secretarial practices equivalent to a Legal Secretary 7 or one year equivalent to a Legal Secretary E8.
Application requirements
Please attach a cover letter, resume, and official college transcripts (if applicable) to your application. Applicants may be screened out for failure to attach the required documents.