Legal Secretary - County Attorney - #1409507

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# **Job Description Summary**

Department - County Attorney

# **Job Description**

• THIS RECRUITMENT IS TO ESTABLISH A REGISTER for current and future
  
  

LEGAL SECRETARY vacancies which serves all levels / assignments of Legal

Secretary in the offices of the Pima County Attorney\'s Office.**

**Job Type: Classified**

**Job Type: Classified: 5881 - Legal Secretary**

• Salary Grade: 3\
  
  

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Pay Range**

**Hiring Range: \$17.36 - \$20.40 Per Hour**

**Pay Range: \$17.36 - \$23.44 Per Hour**

Range Explanation

• Hiring Range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The
  
  

actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors,

Including Your Skills, Qualifications, Experience, Education,

licenses, training, and internal equity.

• Pay Range is the entire compensation range for the position.
  
  

In direct support of legal functions, the Legal Secretary performs a

variety of specialized legal secretarial tasks, which require distinct

knowledge of legal procedures, documentation and legal time constraints.

This classification makes independent decisions regarding the processing

of legal documents andhas primary responsibility for completion of

assigned tasks and functions by an attorney or paralegal.

• For more information about the Pima County Attorney\'s Office, please
  
  

visit their website

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• Essential Functions**:
  
  

As defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, this

classification may include any of the following tasks, knowledge,

skills, and other characteristics. This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY and is

not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by

incumbents of this class. Work assignments may vary depending on the

departments need and will be communicated to the applicant or incumbent

by the supervisor.

• Gathers information, prepares legal documents, completes legal
  
  

forms, correspondence, documents such as briefs, opinions,

complaints, warrants, affidavits, depositions and monitors to ensure

legal requirements and deadlines are met;

• Reviews new cases and sets up interviews between clients, law
  
  

enforcement personnel and attorneys;

• Reviews materials received, sets up files and initiates paperwork;
• Takes and/or transcribes from electronic dictation, prepares legal
  
  

reports, correspondence, forms such as petitions, jury instructions

and disclosures;

• Determines prioritization of trials, sets up and maintains calendars
  
  

of hearings, trials, depositions and response times to pending

litigation;

• Compiles statistical data concerning unit operations, at the
  
  

direction of the attorney and/or paralegal, prepares periodic and

special reports;

• Prepares motions for continuance, suspension or dismissal through
  
  

the court system;

• Coordinates work activities with trial teams and/or divisions;
• Acts as liaison for attorney and/or paralegal regarding case
  
  

preparation, discovery and prepares appropriate legal documents as

required;

• Communicates with clients or witnesses to obtain or verify legal
  
  

information for cases;

• Word processes a variety of technical and confidential documents,
  
  

contracts, ordinances, case dispositions and privileged attorney

client information;

• Reviews, sorts and proofreads legal documents for attorney and/or
  
  

paralegal;

• Files and indexes legal documents produced and received in the case
  
  

files;

• Edits legal documents for appropriateness of legal or technical
  
  

terminology, grammar, punctuation and spelling;

• Operates a variety of office equipment.
• Minimum Qualificat ions**:
• Successful completion of course work in legal terminology or legal
  
  

office procedures from an accredited school AND one year of legal

clerical experience involving the preparation and processing of legal

documents or providing legal clerical support to an attorney.**

• (An Associates degree or a certificate of completion from an
  
  

accredited college or technical school as a legal secretary may

substitute for one year of experience.)**

Or

• One year with Pima County in a Legal Processing Support or
  
  

closely-related position as determined by the department head at the

time of recruitment.**