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Job Description
Duties:
• Receiving mail and packages from UPS, USPS, Fed Ex, etc.;
• Mailing letters and packages using the stamp machine, UPS/Fed Ex slips, and mailing or calling for pick up from postal services;
• Answering the main office phone and directing the phone calls to the proper person and/or giving the proper phone number with regards to the matter the consumer calls for (the 2 Poughkeepsie legal assistants have been answering the phones more frequently during this period based on the Teams schedule);
• Communicating (e-mail and/or phone) with the Court of Claims, Supreme Court Chambers, & Clerk Offices for three counties to verify and obtain information with regards to the calendar, claims, return dates, index no’s, motions, etc.;
• Updating the Poughkeepsie Regional calendar on Outlook with regards to new return dates for ongoing cases;
• Close cases in NY Matters;
• Archive cases in MY Matters and PAM;
• Write up and send out to the involved parties the Notices of entry (NOE) for supreme court and Court of Claims decisions/judgments;
• Communicate with the NYS Comptroller’s Office on obtaining payment for Judgments in favor of the petitioner/claimant. Gather the proper documents and forward to the Comptroller’s Office;
• Communicate with Parole and/or DOCCS regarding any decisions in favor of the Petitioner/Claimant;
• Communicate Parole and/or DOCCS with obtaining records with regards to Inmate Petitioners/Claimants;
• Communicate with the court of claims and/or Supreme courts on requesting extensions on return dates;
• Schedule witnesses for deposition and trial;
• Schedule depositions;
• Schedule court reporter;
• Assemble exhibits for filings;
• Prepares and files with the courts all associated court papers;
• Prepares and develops affidavits, affirmations, and other motion-related papers;
• Prepares and develops draft discovery demands, BOP demands, Medical demands, EBTs;
• Prepares and develops draft discovery responses, BOP responses, and Medical responses;
• Prepare and develops responses to bailments;
• Prepares and develops correspondence and all relevant case materials for the record;
• Prepares and develops answers and/or motions for Article 78’s and Article 70 (writ) cases;
• Research matters as assigned by AAGs.
Preferred Education: Bachelors Degree
Job Description
Title: ParalegalDuties:
• Receiving mail and packages from UPS, USPS, Fed Ex, etc.;
• Mailing letters and packages using the stamp machine, UPS/Fed Ex slips, and mailing or calling for pick up from postal services;
• Answering the main office phone and directing the phone calls to the proper person and/or giving the proper phone number with regards to the matter the consumer calls for (the 2 Poughkeepsie legal assistants have been answering the phones more frequently during this period based on the Teams schedule);
• Communicating (e-mail and/or phone) with the Court of Claims, Supreme Court Chambers, & Clerk Offices for three counties to verify and obtain information with regards to the calendar, claims, return dates, index no’s, motions, etc.;
• Updating the Poughkeepsie Regional calendar on Outlook with regards to new return dates for ongoing cases;
• Close cases in NY Matters;
• Archive cases in MY Matters and PAM;
• Write up and send out to the involved parties the Notices of entry (NOE) for supreme court and Court of Claims decisions/judgments;
• Communicate with the NYS Comptroller’s Office on obtaining payment for Judgments in favor of the petitioner/claimant. Gather the proper documents and forward to the Comptroller’s Office;
• Communicate with Parole and/or DOCCS regarding any decisions in favor of the Petitioner/Claimant;
• Communicate Parole and/or DOCCS with obtaining records with regards to Inmate Petitioners/Claimants;
• Communicate with the court of claims and/or Supreme courts on requesting extensions on return dates;
• Schedule witnesses for deposition and trial;
• Schedule depositions;
• Schedule court reporter;
• Assemble exhibits for filings;
• Prepares and files with the courts all associated court papers;
• Prepares and develops affidavits, affirmations, and other motion-related papers;
• Prepares and develops draft discovery demands, BOP demands, Medical demands, EBTs;
• Prepares and develops draft discovery responses, BOP responses, and Medical responses;
• Prepare and develops responses to bailments;
• Prepares and develops correspondence and all relevant case materials for the record;
• Prepares and develops answers and/or motions for Article 78’s and Article 70 (writ) cases;
• Research matters as assigned by AAGs.
Preferred Education: Bachelors Degree
