Travis County.

  • Austin, TX


  • $45,346-46,717 annually.

  • Irreversible.

  • Full-time.
Task Summary

Under moderate guidance or under the guidance of a lawyer, offers regular legal research study assistance. Screens, evaluations, examines, and arranges case-related product needed for Court discussion and/or case settlement in the Lawbreaker and/or Civil Courts. Drafts settled on summary and default judgment movements and orders. Drafts numerous pleadings, discovery, movements, affidavits, and subpoenas. Collaborates the work of designated secretarial assistance personnel.

Differentiating Qualities: This is the very first in a series of 2 paralegal-related task categories within the Administrative Assistance task household. This category is identified from the Paralegal Elder because incumbents do not monitor other Paralegals or function as the main representative in the research study and preparing of legal memoranda on substantive and procedural legal subjects. Level of sensitivity to information and privacy. Client and customer contact. This category might need operate in safe and secure centers.

Tasks and Obligations

  • Prepares and arranges pretrial case products. Recovers details from computer system to help case paperwork. Contacts workplace personnel, Court workers, staff members from other criminal justice firms and others, as needed to get info required for prosecution of cases. Evaluations, screens, and examines case-related products for appointed cases and offers summary of realities to appointed lawyers. Procedures files, consisting of preparation, filing and issuance of info. Obtains, indexes and details criminal histories, offense reports and all other pertinent files. Examines jury lists.
  • Helps lawyer( s) in preparation for depositions, trials, Court and administrative hearings. Collaborates witness look in all Court procedures. Examines realities, files pleadings and orders. Drafts correspondence to victims, customers, lawyer( s), governmental companies, police and the public regarding the status of cases, agreements, or viewpoints. Performs legal research study, prepares files, subpoenas and other legal files, as needed. Consults with participant’s or offender’s lawyer( s) to offer case details or discovery.
  • Works out concurred judgments with defense lawyer. Drafts judgments, orders, agreements, payment contracts and other files for designated cases. Might appear in Court with lawyers to keep in mind and act on products asked for. Files files with the court and appears on behalf of monitoring lawyer at Civil/ District Court, and contacts us to acquire default judgments.
  • Collaborates discovery, consisting of preparing and calendaring of interrogatories, ask for disclosures, ask for production, ask for admissions and other demands in accordance with regional, state, federal and administrative and company guidelines and treatments. Drafts discovery reactions and objections in designated cases.
  • Collaborates and schedules Court looks, trials, depositions and conferences. Maintains Court settings for lawyer’s calendar. Reacts to queries associated with the cases pending and returns messages for designated lawyers. Preserves individual time and billing records. Keeps analytical records and prepares reports. Reacts to queries connected to the pending cases and returns messages for appointed lawyer( s). Interacts with workplace personnel, unfavorable counsel and personnel, Court Clerks and workers, and other Travis County staff members. Contacts witnesses and professional witnesses, as needed. Interviews witnesses and prepares summaries. Gets and reacts to open records demands.
  • Might choose, train and monitor clerical assistance personnel, consisting of examining ready files and files. Might find and make legal plans with foreign language interpreters.
  • Carries out other occupational tasks as designated.

Minimum Requirements

Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in Paralegal Researches, Public Administration, Service Administration or a straight associated field AND 2 (2) years experience as a paralegal;-LRB-

OR,

Any mix of education and experience that has actually been accomplished and is comparable to the specified education and experience and needed understanding, abilities, and capabilities enough to effectively carry out the tasks and obligations of this task.

Licenses, Registrations, Accreditations, or Unique Requirements:

Paralegal Certificate from an expertly acknowledged Paralegal/Legal Assistant program.

Understanding, Abilities, and Capabilities:

Understanding of:

  • Federal, State, Resident and County suitable laws, guidelines, policies and standards.
  • Law workplace management and administration.
  • Open conferences laws and Public Details Act.
  • Policies, practices, treatments and legal terms connected to Court system.
  • Discovery procedure.
  • Existing legal patterns in the interaction of law and expert principles.
  • Analytical and record keeping applications, consisting of databases and spreadsheets.
  • Company letter composing, grammar and punctuation, and report preparation.
  • Might be needed to establish understanding of and stick to federal and state laws needing the personal handling of particular health details.

Ability in:

  • Obtaining, keeping, arranging, evaluating and summing up case proof.
  • Comprehending legal terms and English grammar.
  • Case file evaluation for paperwork precision.
  • Running a range of modern-day workplace devices, consisting of a computer system.
  • Both spoken and written interaction.

Capability to:

  • Train and monitor clerical and administrative staff members.
  • Precisely and succinctly sum up legal info.
  • Perform legal research study.
  • Establish and keep efficient working relationships with County workers and authorities, judges, lawyers, Court workers, other individuals in the civil justice system, agents of outdoors companies, and the public.

Workplace & Other Info

Physical requirements consist of the capability to lift/carry as much as 20-50 pounds sometimes, visual skill, speech and hearing, hand and eye coordination, and manual mastery needed to run a computer system and workplace devices. Topic to sitting, client/customer contact, standing, strolling, vision to keep track of, recurring movement, stooping/kneeling, crouching, flexing, and reaching to carry out the important functions.

Travis County workers play a crucial function in organization connection. Staff members can be designated to service connection efforts outside of regular task functions.

This task description is meant to be generic in nature. It is not always an extensive list of all responsibilities and obligations. The important tasks, functions, and obligations and overtime eligibility might differ based upon the particular jobs designated to the position.

Work Hours: 8: 00 AM to 5: 00 PM; Monday through Friday

Department: County Lawyer

Area: 314 W. 11 th Street, Austin

Wrongdoer, Education and Work Background Inspect Needed.

Advantages

Work at Travis County features a complete selection of advantages. We provide extensive medical insurance, a no-cost, on-site Health and Health center, durability pay, paid trips, ill time and individual vacations, not to discuss a market competitive wage structure and a friendly, steady workplace.

FY2020 Travis County Advantage Guide

In this important you will discover advantage summaries, eligibility requirements, expenses, contact numbers and addresses in addition to other basic details on the advantages offered to Travis County Worker and Retirees.

Cooperative Credit Union

Staff members might sign up with the Travis County Cooperative credit union which provides low-interest loans, cost savings strategies through payroll reduction, safe deposit boxes and other advantages.

Deferred Settlement

Staff members might register in a tax- complimentary protected financial investment strategy through payroll reduction.

Direct Deposit

Staff members might register for direct bank deposit.

Staff Member Support Program

Travis County supplies a personal therapy and recommendation service totally free of charge to county workers and their household.

Staff Member Organizations

Subscription in the American Federation of State, County, and Community Workers Union is readily available through payroll reduction.

Worker Health & Health Center

Workers might access the center for a range of health care and healthcare services without any co-pay, no deductible and no co-insurance expenses.

Vacations

Approximately eleven paid vacations are designated by the Travis County Commissioners Court at the start of each .

Durability

Durability pay is spent for each year finished after 3 years of constant service. Peace Officers in a police activity, whose task needs state peace officer accreditation, get pay after one year of accreditation.

Parking

A minimal variety of designated parking areas are offered to staff members in the Court house Complex.

Individual Vacations

Routine, full-time staff members are qualified for as much as 3 paid individual vacations each fiscal year. Part-time staff members will be approved individual vacations on a prorated basis. New workers make individual vacations for the fiscal year in which he/she starts work, based upon the month in which work starts:

January – March

3 individual vacations

April – June

2 individual vacations

July – September

1 individual vacation

October – December

None

New workers are qualified to take individual vacations after 90 days of work.

Retirement

Travis County belongs to the Texas County & District Retirement System with obligatory involvement by specific classes of workers. 7 percent (7%) of the gross wage is subtracted each pay duration. A staff member is completely vested after 8 years of service. Advantages are prorated for part-time workers.

Sick Leave

Routine workers make authorized leave at a rate of 8 hours monthly with endless accrual throughout work. Part-time workers make authorized leave on a pro-rated basis.

Tuition Refund

Particular classes of full-time workers might get repayment for charges related to pre-approved, task associated course work finished sufficiently.

Getaway

Based upon years of county service, routine, full-time staff members make holiday time at the following rates:

0 to 5 years

4.0 hours per pay duration

6 to 10 years

4.5 hours per pay duration

11 to 15 years

5.0 hours per pay duration

16 to 20 years

5.5 hours per pay duration

21 plus years

6.0 hours per pay duration

Part-time workers make trip leave on a pro-rated basis.

Employees’ Payment

The county offers all staff members employees’ settlement protection with advantages in accordance with state statute, if the worker sustains an injury out of, or in the course of work.

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