Paralegal - City Solicitor

PARALEGAL - 1103

GRADE 16

PAY RANGE - $22.46 - $32.06/hr - plus a comprehensive benefits package

General Statement of Duties:

Provides administrative support for the Office of the City Solicitor, performs legal research, prepares pleadings and other legal documents, manages civil and criminal dockets, and performs related work as required.

Examples of Essential Work:

• Assists attorneys in the preparation of legal cases, administrative hearings, and legal opinions;
• Prepares and develops legal documents for counsel review;
• Performs legal research;
• Meets with City employees to prepare discovery responses;
• Prepares agreements, deeds, leases, ordinances, licenses, and letters for attorney review;
• Prepares Notices of Claim for bankruptcies and monitors bankruptcies for collection of claims;
• Processes court notices to the City Solicitor's Office and updates databases and calendars;
• Designs, creates, formats, organizes and maintains department databases, spreadsheets and paper and electronic case and matter files;
• Updates lists of cases and prepares case status reports on a periodic basis or as requested;
• Provides needed information and demonstrations concerning how to perform certain work tasks to employees in the same or similar class of positions; and more..

Acceptable Experience and Training:

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's Degree; and
• Some training and/or experience in paralegal work, legal research, legal investigative work, criminal justice, or related; or
• Any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to perform the work.

Required Special Qualifications:

• Experience with criminal prosecution, case management and/or spreadsheet software; and databases preferred;
• Paralegal certificate preferred.