Paralegal/Victim Witness Assistant

Duties

• Drafts all sorts of legal documents, preparing form motions, pleadings, and briefs.
• Works independently, gathering relevant facts and data.
• Sums up and coordinates legal documents, performing legal and record research.
• Checks legal forms for accuracy.
• Transcribes dictation, including legal opinions, briefs, memos, subpoenas, and other related legal documents.
• Maintains legal files and filing/tracking systems on all court cases, appeals, invoices, and billings.
• Logs opinions, orders, and other court decisions and performs necessary docketing.
• Processes legal forms to implement court orders and proceedings.
• Greets general public and assists them with paperwork and qualifying process.
• Opens mail and replies to routine correspondence.
• Answers telephone and takes messages or transfers calls to proper individuals.
• Interacts with public, clients, and other internal departments.
• Attends court hearings to record dispositions.
• Processes dismissal and expungement documents.
• Typifies letters, reports, memos, and other documents required by the victim witness advocates.
• Affords assistance to victim witness advocates in contacting victims and requesting restitution.
• Attends court hearings to ensure restitution is ordered when appropriate and to assist with victims/witnesses when necessary.
• Maintains the victim witness database; also enters victim/witness data into the Prosecutors Management System.
• Prepares victim/witness folders.
• Contacts law enforcement to acquire victim information.
• Maintains the Forensic Rape database.
• Completes 10 hours of victim advocate training per year.
• Performs duties of other support staff in their absence.
• Prepares and submits bills, claims, or reports as required.
• Notarizes criminal documents.
• Compiles data within department for completion of reports.
• Performs other job-related duties as required.