Date Open: Immediately
Date Closed: Open until filled
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.
How to apply:
Send a cover letter and resume to [email protected] with “Legal Assistant - Litigation” in the subject line of the email.
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. All employees of the Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General are “at will” employees.