LEGAL SECRETARY

Legal Secretary

Under the general supervision of the Supervisor I, Legal Secretaries independently perform a full range of legal secretarial duties for the Department of Industrial Relations, Office of the Director-Legal Unit ("OD-Legal"), including the most difficult complex secretarial work, supporting two or more OD-Legal attorneys and investigators. Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Finalize legal pleadings and other legal documents, including by formatting, proofing, correcting, generating tables of contents and authorities, and drafting proofs of service;
• Electronically file legal pleadings in the workers' compensation system (using EAMS), in state and federal trial and appellate courts, and with the State Personnel Board and other state and federal agencies;
• Serve legal pleadings and other documents on other parties to an action;
• Review applicable court rules and ensure pleadings, exhibits and other documents comply with the rules;
• Organize, file and serve trial exhibits;
• Maintain up-to-date appearance and filing calendars;
• Coordinate depositions, including by arranging for location and court reporter;
• Prepare and serve subpoenas;
• Create case files and handle all case filing;
• Process attorneys' incoming and outgoing mail;
• Answer and screen telephone calls;
• General support of the office and organizational needs of OD-Legal.

This posting may be used to fill future vacancies in accordance with 2 CCR §249.3. To be considered for this Legal Secretary job opportunity, applicants must be either reachable on an employment list, have transfer eligibility or have reinstatement eligibility. To take the exam and gain employment list eligibility, please access the exam bulletin.

You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.