What are the responsibilities and job description for the Paralegal/Victim Witness Assistant position at Centre County Government?
Essential Job Functions
- Drafts all sorts of legal documents preparing form motions, pleadings, and briefs.
- Works independently gathering relevant facts and data.
- Summarizes and coordinates legal documents and performs 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 perform 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
- Distributes files for pre-trial conferences and assists attorneys with preparation of hearings/trial information.
- Maintains department files in an up-to-date manner, as required.
- Processes dismissal and expungement documents.
- Types letters, reports, memos, and other documents required by the victim witness advocates.
- Assists 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; as well a 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.