LEGAL PROCESS ASSISTANT II-DCT

Legal Process Assistant II

Your outstanding customer service experience, computer skills, and attention to detail may meet the minimum qualification for a rewarding public service career with the Snohomish County District Court. This job posting serves to fill one current vacancy at the Everett Division and creates a registry for up to 6 months to fill future vacancies. While the current vacancy is at the Everett Division, placement could be in any one of our four locations: Cascade Division located in Arlington, WA, Evergreen Division located in Monroe, WA, Everett Division located in Everett, WA and South Division located in Lynnwood, WA. The Legal Process Assistant II provides outstanding customer service while performing essential tasks in the District Court Clerk's Office or Courtroom setting, is skilled in accurate data entry and maintaining records in a fast-paced environment with flexibility and dedication to the team.

Successful Candidates will have:

• The ability to work independently at a high-performance rate while being flexible and dedicated to the team.
• Excellent customer service skills and a passion for public service.
• A commitment to equity and inclusion and ability to work with tact and diplomacy within a diverse community and workforce.

To perform a variety of complex duties in a district court or juvenile court.

• Assists the general public, defendants, attorneys and law enforcement representatives in person or on the phone by answering questions and explaining court procedures; schedules trial and hearing dates; locates information from court records and provides it to the public as appropriate.
• Receives, records and processes payment of court fines, bail, penalty assessments and fees; enters payments on a computer terminal and issues receipts; prepares time payment agreements; monitors payments and takes appropriate action on past due accounts.
• Receives, processes and issues legal documents such as subpoenas, warrants, summons, judgments and dispositions; reviews items for such things as accuracy, completeness and signatures; forwards documents to other agencies as necessary.
• Enters information on correct records on a computer terminal; makes docket entries involving such things as pleas, dispositions, sentences, motions and notices; updates, retrieves and processes computer data.
• Reviews and prepares case files for court sessions; pulls all related files; prepares and types documents as necessary.
• Schedules, court hearings; prepares notices for litigants; prepares court calendars; records courtroom proceedings; maintains recording logs, marks exhibits and processes orders of the court; records documents filed in open court; provides required forms to defendants and other parties and secures necessary signatures.
• Processes commitments, releases and referrals; monitors cases for compliance with court orders; prepares files and refers defendants to agencies as directed by judge; enters compliance reports and other documents into files and records; contacts other agencies as required; refers cases of noncompliance to judge and prepares summons and warrants as required; verifies completion of judge's orders and closes files.
• Assists in the scheduling and coordination of jury trials; prepares and/or mails out juror information, cost bills, sign-in sheets, information sheets and selection cards; signs in jurors; contacts jurors who do not respond; prepares jury related statistics.

One (1) year court legal processing experience in a District Court, Juvenile Court or Superior Court; OR, any equivalent combination of training and/or experience that provides the required knowledge or abilities; OR successful completion of the training period for the Legal Process Assistant I. Ability to type 35 words per minute. Must pass job related tests.