Paralegal - Public Improvement District

6 days ago

Austin, Texas, United States Travis County, TX Full time
Job Title: Paralegal - Public Improvement District

Join Travis County, TX as a Paralegal - Public Improvement District and contribute to the success of our team

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Paralegal to support our Public Improvement District team. As a Paralegal, you will provide routine legal research support, screen, review, analyze, and organize case-related material required for Court presentation and/or case settlement in the Criminal and/or Civil Courts.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Prepares and organizes pretrial case materials, retrieves information from computer to assist case documentation, and contacts office staff, Court personnel, employees from other criminal justice agencies, and others to obtain information needed for prosecution of cases.
  • Reviews, screens, and analyzes case-related materials for assigned cases and provides summary of facts to assigned attorneys, processes documents, including preparation, filing, and issuance of information, obtains, indexes, and outlines criminal histories, offense reports, and all other relevant documents, and analyzes jury lists.
  • Assists attorney(s) in preparation for depositions, trials, Court, and administrative hearings, coordinates witness appearance in all Court proceedings, investigates facts, files pleadings and orders, drafts correspondence to victims, clients, attorney(s), governmental agencies, law enforcement agencies, and the general public as to the status of cases, contracts, or opinions, conducts legal research, prepares files, subpoenas, and other legal documents as required, meets with respondent's or defendant's attorney(s) to provide case information or discovery, negotiates agreed judgments with defense attorneys, drafts judgments, orders, contracts, payment agreements, and other documents for assigned cases, and may appear in Court with attorneys to take notes and follow up on items requested.
  • Coordinates discovery, including drafting and calendaring of interrogatories, requests for disclosures, requests for production, requests for admissions, and other requests in accordance with local, state, federal, and administrative and agency rules and procedures, drafts discovery responses and objections in assigned cases, coordinates and schedules Court appearances, trials, depositions, and meetings, maintains Court settings for attorney's calendar, responds to inquiries related to the cases pending and returns messages for assigned attorneys, maintains personal time and billing records, maintains statistical records and prepares reports, responds to inquiries related to the pending cases and returns messages for assigned attorney(s), communicates with office staff, adverse counsel and staff, Court Clerks and personnel, and other Travis County employees, contacts witnesses and expert witnesses as required, interviews witnesses and prepares summaries, receives and responds to open records requests, and may select, train, and supervise clerical support staff, including reviewing prepared files and documents, may locate and make contractual arrangements with foreign language interpreters, and performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in Paralegal Studies, Public Administration, Business Administration, or a directly related field and two (2) years experience as a paralegal, or any combination of education and experience that has been achieved and is equivalent to the stated education and experience and required knowledge, skills, and abilities sufficient to successfully perform the duties and responsibilities of this job.
  • Paralegal Certificate from a professionally recognized Paralegal/Legal Assistant program.
  • Knowledge of federal, state, local, and county applicable laws, rules, regulations, and guidelines, law office management and administration, open meetings laws and Public Information Act, policies, practices, procedures, and legal terminology related to the Court system, discovery process, current legal trends in the interaction of law and professional ethics, statistical and record-keeping applications, including databases and spreadsheets, business letter writing, grammar, and punctuation, and report preparation.
  • Skill in acquiring, maintaining, organizing, analyzing, and summarizing case evidence, understanding legal terminology and English grammar, case file examination for documentation accuracy, operating a variety of modern office equipment, including a computer, both verbal and written communication.
  • Ability to train and supervise clerical and administrative employees, accurately and succinctly summarize legal information, perform legal research, establish and maintain effective working relationships with County employees and officials, judges, attorneys, Court personnel, other participants in the civil justice system, representatives of outside agencies, and the general public.
Work Environment:

Travis County employees play an important role in business continuity. As such, employees can be assigned to business continuity efforts outside of normal job functions.

Work Hours: Monday - Friday 8 am - 5 pm

Department: County Attorney

Location: 314 W. 11th Street, Ste. 300, Austin, TX 78701

Criminal, Driving, Education, and Employment Background Checks Required.

This job description is intended to be generic in nature. It is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. The essential duties, functions, and responsibilities and overtime eligibility may vary based on the specific tasks assigned to the position.

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