PARALEGAL/VICTIM-WITNESS COORDINATOR

• Receive, review, and analyze juvenile and adult police and social services reports to determine appropriate course of action.
• Create, prepare, process and maintain complex confidential documents and files for the department which include preliminary and final complaints, fugitive from justice complaints, warrants, discovery documents, juvenile delinquency petitions, CHIPS petitions, judicial commitment petitions, guardianship papers, conservatorship papers, writs, condemnation proceedings, administrative subpoenas, and forfeiture files.
• Conduct witness interviews and prepares witnesses for trial. Prepares all subpoenas for hearings.
• Respond to discovery requests from defense attorneys. Issues discovery requests to outside attorneys.
• Contact with all County departments and law enforcement agencies on various issues. Contacts with various attorney’s offices, Department of Corrections and Governor’s Office.
• Conduct legal research as required on various cases and issues.
• Maintain and schedule the attorney’s calendar including witnesses, victims, and law enforcement meetings
• Notify attorneys and law enforcement of case progress, status, and deadlines.
• Prepare Search Warrants (not always during work day).
• Process extradition paperwork and search warrants.
• Assist with civil litigation.
• Answer incoming calls, takes messages, screens calls, routes calls, provides information and answers questions concerning departmental operations. Contact with the public.
• Perform various clerical duties in support of the office to include reading and routing mail, ordering and maintaining office supply inventory, copying documents, and faxing information.
• Provide victims with their rights, has contact with victims in regards to Domestic Abuse No Contact Orders, their requests and to clarify issues.
• Attend Court with victims as needed and assists with completing and/or reading Victim Impact Statements in Court.
• Assist victims with restitution follow-up and/or providing them with information on how to collect a restitution judgment.
• Prepare CHIPS orders in Court.
• Receive, review, prepare and process various forms and documents to include police and social service reports, medical reports, statements, BCA lab reports, photographs, attendance reports, video/audio tape, court calendar, child support documents, criminal complaints, juvenile petitions, commitment petitions, jail list, probation reports, etc.
• Utilizes general office equipment such as a computer, printer, typewriter, calculator, adding machine, fax machine, transcriber, shredder, and multi-line phone system.
• Utilize various software programs to handle word processing duties, perform data entry, enter data into existing spreadsheets, and design/format spreadsheets. Operates the CSTS to verify and check juvenile records. MOC Code Book for Complaints/Petitions. Premise for research in Westlaw and Minnesota Statutes.
• Perform other related duties as required.

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