Legal Secretary 2

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The Nevada State Public Defenders Office is seeking to fill the position of Legal Secretary 2 in Winnemucca. Incumbent will be an experienced administrative professional with strong clerical and customer service skills adept at managing front-office operations processing legal and confidential documentation and communicating effectively with attorneys clients and the public. Skilled in handling high-volume communications maintaining organization in fast-paced environments and quickly learning new systems with a strong commitment to professionalism public service and continued growth.

Graduation from high school or equivalent education and three years of clerical experience two of which were performing progressively responsible legal secretarial work in a training capacity; OR one year of experience as a Legal Secretary I in Nevada State service; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Maintain current knowledge of assigned caseload and status of cases; provide general information to the public State and local governments attorneys court personnel and various office personnel; act as liaison between professional legal staff departmental personnel and the public; determine what information may be provided and which requests must be referred to professional legal staff; refer calls to another office if necessary.

Provide clerical support to assigned professional legal staff; receive and screen visitors and telephone calls; respond to inquiries on a variety of matters such as the status of pending cases; open and review incoming mail and determine priority of professional legal staffs attention when routing; mail items according to postal and statutory requirements; maintain a calendar for professional legal staffs appointments due dates for documents court appearances conferences meetings and other engagements; schedule meetings and training and make travel arrangements.

Draft routine correspondence reports/statistics and other materials requiring specific knowledge of operational methods policies and procedures for professional staff review; prepare and type requisitions and purchase orders as required; process requests for payment and travel claims.

Format prepare and type legal documents and correspondence in final format according to jurisdictional requirements from rough draft electronic documents dictaphone template or notes; proofread and review for proper citation format; prepare and attach exhibits special sections such as indexes table of points and authorities certificates of service and brief covers.

Process and file documents with appropriate courts or quasi-judicial bodies in accordance with the specific procedures of each body including manner of filing and established timelines; track responses and receipts due upon or after submittals and dates for other required actions subsequent to submittals.

Gather compile organize and prepare relevant material for professional staff to use in legal proceedings; review files and references to obtain information needed by professional legal staff; locate and verify/abstract information from legal files and records; and verify the accuracy of citations and quotations by checking legal sources.

Establish and maintain legal and general correspondence filing and cross filing systems as necessary; record case inventory information in order to maintain accurate records and provide for efficient retrieval of information; prepare files for archiving and storage in compliance with established retention schedules.

Maintain a library of references including legal publications law digests reports opinions and court decisions.

Distribute or assign appropriate clerical work to lower level staff; provide instruction and guidance and review work completed by clerical personnel.

Under general supervision incumbents perform the full range of duties outlined in the series concept at the journey level. Decisions regarding w hat needs to be done involve evaluation of an issue or issues and may require selecting a course of action from several alternatives. The work involves conditions and elements that must be identified analyzed or evaluated to discern interrelationships. Guidelines are available and are applicable to major portions of the work but leave gaps in specificity. Incumbents use judgment in interpreting and applying guidelines for application to specific cases or problems.

Perform related duties as assigned.

This job specification lists the major knowledge skills and abilities of the job and is not all inclusive. Incumbent(s) will be expected to have knowledge skills and abilities from a previous level.

Working knowledge of: legal practices and procedures for various courts and judicial districts; legal terminology; clerical requirements for preparing and typing a variety of complex legal documents forms and other related materials; procedures for processing and filing documents with courts boards and/or commissions; proper format for legal citations; legal office procedures.

Ability to: work independently and follow through on assignments; interpret and apply complex rules regulations policies and procedures to specific problems and issues; receive inquiries and resolve complaints from staff and clientele; establish organize and maintain complex filing systems including indexed and cross-referenced materials; research information from a variety of departmental and available sources; compile and update information and prepare reports related to specific management activities; transcribe dictation which may be of a complex nature and which requires a comprehensive knowledge of legal procedures and terminology.

Recruiter Contact Information:Sonja Grass -

The State of Nevada is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building diverse inclusive and innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. All applicants are considered without regard to race color national origin religion or belief age disability sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression pregnancy domestic partnership genetic information (GINA) or compensation and/or wages.

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