Legal Assistant (OA)

Legal Assistant (OA)

This Legal Assistant (OA) will be responsible for knowledge of the processes, procedures, and practices of legal support activities in conjunction with a knowledge of skills, and an ability to apply these skills to increase the effectiveness of attorneys in the Appellate Division. If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for providing Legal Assistant (OA) support in the U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia, located in Washington, District of Columbia, focusing in the areas of Appeals. Typical work assignments will include:

• Examines, prepares, and processes a variety of technical legal documents.
• Develops tables of contents and indices to briefs in accordance with established format.
• Performs general clerical/administrative functions such as copying, binding and preparing record materials for court filings.
• Performs docketing duties such as opening, updating and closing cases through use of the automated case tracking system.
• Performs document retrieval and case material research, retrieves documents from DC Superior Court files, District of Columbia Court of Appeal files and other sources as needed.

Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.