Legal Secretary 1 Office of the Attorney General Seattle
Location: Seattle, Washington
Description: State of Washington is presently looking of Legal Secretary 1 Office of the Attorney General Seattle right now, this vacancy will be reside in Washington. For complete informations about this vacancy opportunity please give attention to these descriptions. The Attorney General's Office (AGO) serves more than 230 state agencies, boards, commissions, colleges and universities, as well as the Legislature and the Governor. The mission of the Office is to deliver the highest quality professional legal services to officials, agencies, and citizens of the state of Washington. The Office is comprised of over 500 attorneys and 700 professional staff.
The Attorney General’s Office is recruiting for a Legal Secretary 1 in the Labor and Industries Division. This position is located in Seattle.
The work of the Labor and Industries (L&I) division tracks the missions of its client agency. This work includes litigation and client advice involving: workers’ compensation benefits for workers (e.g. wage replacement, medical care, vocational retraining, and permanent disability awards); questions about fair wages, and workplace conditions, safe work environments; contractor and building issues; crime victim claims; and a myriad of issues for Washington workers and employers.
Salary
Legal Secretary positions in our Seattle office receive 15% assignment pay in addition to the above listed salary.
- Important Note : From July 1, 2011 through June 29, 2013 a 3% temporary salary reduction is in effect for most state positions. The salary listed above includes this reduction. Click here for specific information on the temporary salary reduction.
The objective of this position is to perform legal secretarial tasks and give technical support to the Assistant Attorneys General representing the Department of Labor & Industries. The position is also responsible for performing paralegal duties 10% of the time.
Duties include, but are not limited to:
- Enter legal documents and case specific correspondence into Law Manager’s document and calendar tabs; note due dates and create tickles in attorney and secretary’s own Outlook calendar.
- Update and maintain attorney Outlook calendar with conference, hearing, meeting, deposition and trial dates and times.
- Advise attorney of upcoming commitments, deadlines, special items needing their attention and make travel arrangements when necessary.
- Schedule witnesses, court reporters and conference rooms for hearing or testimony by deposition.
- Compose and prepare various legal documents for signature of the Assistant Attorneys General including but not limited to legal briefs, motions and notice of appeals, stipulations, affidavits, subpoenas, deposition notices, memorandum, petitions for review, judgments and cost bills.
- Proofread material making corrections for sentence structure, spelling, grammar, punctuation and format per agency style guidelines; review legal documents for proper format and ensure court rules are followed.
- Independently verify case citations in briefs.
- Prepare letters to physicians, hospitals, clinics, vocational experts to request history of claimants; compose letters to law enforcement officials requesting criminal background records, business records and certificate information.
- Examine documents to assure that all necessary legal points have been covered, and that all legal deadlines and due process requirements have been met.
- 10% Entry-level paralegal duties : Drafting standard interrogatories, assisting an attorney or paralegal in deposition summaries and case summaries; conducting basic legal research, drafting requests for production of documents and responses; organizing and preparing trial notebooks, pleadings and exhibits to be used at trial.
Associate of Arts degree in Legal Secretarial Science or equivalent degree from an accredited college (90 total quarter credit hours or equivalency, with at least 20 quarter credit hours or equivalency in Legal Courses) OR Legal Secretary certificate or equivalent certificate from an accredited vocational institute.
OR
Graduation from high school or GED equivalency PLUS one year of clerical or keyboarding, PLUS one year of legal secretarial experience for an attorney, Administrative Law Judge, Industrial Appeal Judge, review judge or equivalent.
Completion of a Legal Secretarial Course offered by a community college or business school (45 total quarter credit hours or equivalency in semester hours, with at least 10 quarter credit hours or equivalency in Legal Courses), may be substituted for one year of clerical, keyboarding experience.
OR
Equivalent education/experience.
Supplemental Information:
Note: Applicants for legal secretary positions with the Attorney General’s Office are required to take a skills assessment prior to appointment to a position in our agency.
Application Instructions:
In addition to completing the online application, applicants must attach the following documents to their profile field in order to be considered for this position: A letter of interest , describing specific qualifications for the position; A current resume , detailing experience, education, and current salary;
READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS COMPLETELY:
Carefully review your application before submitting. You may NOT reapply to this posting for 30 days. The initial screening will be solely based on the contents and completeness of the “work experience†section of your application in www.careers.wa.gov , completeness of the application material submitted, and the supplemental questionnaire. A resume will not substitute for completing the “work experience†section of the application. All information may be verified and documentation may be required.
The Office of the Attorney General is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, national origin, honorably discharged veteran or military status, or the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability. Persons requiring reasonable accommodation in the application process or requiring this announcement in an alternative format may contact Kim Siebs at (206) 389-2401 or Washington Relay Service at (800) 676-3777 or www.washingtonrelay.com .
For questions about this recruitment or assistance with the application process please contact Judith Vandergeest (360) 586-7691 or judith.vandergeest@atg.wa.gov .
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If you were eligible to this vacancy, please send us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to State of Washington.
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This vacancy starts available on: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:25:05 GMT
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