Job Description
Job Posting Title
Legal Assistant - Litigation
Agency
049 ATTORNEY GENERAL
Supervisory Organization
Office of Attorney General
Job Posting End Date (Continuous if Blank)
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above.
Estimated Appointment End Date (Continuous if Blank)
Full/Part-Time
Full time
Job Type
Regular
Compensation Job Description
Title: Legal Assistant
Salary Range: Commensurate with experience and qualifications.
Location: Oklahoma City, OK
The Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General is currently seeking a full-time Legal Assistant for our Litigation Unit.
Position Summary
The duties and responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, providing legal assistance to multiple attorneys with the preparation of pleadings, briefs, exhibits, correspondence, discovery, and court filings.
Qualifications - In addition to ECF experience, knowledge of state and federal filing procedures and rules are required; 10th Circuit filing procedures and rules are a plus.
- Applicant must be detail-oriented with exceptional organizational skills; excellent spelling and grammar skills; proficiency in Microsoft Word and Outlook.
- Must have the ability to prepare a variety of complex pleadings and correspondence, including Table of Authorities and Indexing, as well as the ability to prioritize workflow and address new priorities as they arise.
- Heavy litigation experience is preferred, including but not limited to trial preparation; summarizing depositions; organizing and reviewing discovery; managing each attorney's caseload.
All applicants must agree in writing to complete, and satisfactorily pass, a background investigation.
The Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General is an equal employment employer and does not make hiring decisions on the basis of race, sex/gender, color, age, national origin, genetic information, religion, or disability, so long as the disability does not render the person unable to perform the essential functions of the position for which employed with a reasonable accommodation. If reasonable accommodations are needed to apply for this position, please contact OAG Human Resources at (405) 521-3921 or HR@oag.ok.gov. All employees of the Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General are "at will" employees.
Equal Opportunity Employment
The State of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of genetic information, race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability.
Current active State of Oklahoma employees must apply for open positions internally through the Workday Jobs Hub.
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