What are the responsibilities and job description for the Legal Administrative Specialist (Reno) position at United States Attorney's Office, District of Nevada?
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Duties:
If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected Legal Support team that is responsible for providing a variety of legal, administrative and technical support services to the Criminal Division within the District of Nevada. The duties of this position include:
- Managing, organizing, reviewing, and summarizing incoming and outgoing discovery in electronic or other formats in compliance with the Federal Rules of Criminal and/or Civil Procedure.
- Handling a wide variety of evidence and Discovery, organizing, preparing, routing electronic discovery, discovery redactions and webcam redactions.
- Uses various software applications technologies, such as Discovery, Everlaw, Case View, Adobe, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. to collect, organize, analyze, and present information.
- Conducts factual research and non-complex research of legislation, statutes, regulations, and court cases, cite-checking legal briefs and proofreading, memoranda, and other legal documents.
- Preparing draft pleadings, stipulations, motions, tables of authorities, tables of contents, and other legal documents.
- Providing administrative support for assigned cases. This includes but is not limited to entering information into case management systems; maintaining calendar and logging of assigned active cases; and managing case-related and discovery documents.
Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.
Qualifications:
GS-09: To be eligible at the GS-09 level, you must meet at least ONE of the following conditions, as defined below: Specialized Experience, Education, OR a combination of Education and Experience.
- Specialized Experience: One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 level. Specialized experience is defined as performing the following: (1) managing incoming discovery in tracking receipt, in index or logs including paper documents, and electronic files, (2) performing general administrative support duties ie: office automation software, preparing binders, file compilations for use during hearings, depositions, interviews and trials; (3) providing technical assistance to litigation teams, and utilizing various software applications to provide assistance to attorneys in trial preparation and courtroom presentations; (4) utilizing office automation tools in order to create physical and digital trial presentations, working with investigators, agents, and legal support staff; handling a wide variety of evidence and discovery; (5) and conducting factual legal research, non-legal databases, non-complex research of legislation, statutes, regulations, and court cases.
- Education: One of the following types of education in a closely related field (e.g., Criminal Justice, Law, Information Technology) Master's or equivalent graduate degree or two full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree.
- Combining Education and Experience: Combinations of successfully completed graduate education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements. In order to qualify based on a combination, graduate education must be in excess of 1 full year.
Pay: $61,965.00 - $81,964.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
Salary : $61,965 - $81,964