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NEOGOV · 4 months ago

Paralegal Supervisor - Civil Division

San Marcos, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$59K/yr - $71K/yr

NEOGOV is seeking a Paralegal Supervisor for the Civil Division of the Hays County Criminal District Attorney’s Office. This role involves supervising administrative staff, conducting legal research, and managing case-related materials for court presentation.

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Responsibilities

Supervise, train and coordinate work assignments of paralegals, and legal assistants in the division

Participates in paralegal, and legal assistant selection, promotion or retention processes

Assist in analyzing, evaluating, developing and implementing processes and systems to create more efficient workflow procedures in the civil sector of the Hays County Criminal District Attorney’s Office

Assigns work, train staff and monitor progress

Create, update and maintain written procedure manuals

Conduct staff meetings

Maintain training records

Participates in and reports division issues and progress to Criminal District Attorney, First Assistants and Division Chief

Evaluates and documents employee performance, including but not limited to performance evaluations, corrective and disciplinary action, employee coaching and regularly communicates information with the First Assistants, Division Chief and Legal Support Administrator

Drafts original petitions, motions and orders, such as but not limited to final orders, summary judgments, special exceptions, change of placements , motions to set, motions to enter, motions to sever, motions to transfer/consolidate, temporary orders for suits affecting the parent-child relationship, status hearing orders, placement hearing orders, permanency orders, nonsuits and dismissals

Manages caseload from intake to closing with accuracy, including tracking and updating cases

Manages a calendaring system and statutory case time frames and deadlines

Manages complex civil discovery deadlines

Drafts requests and responses for interrogatories, productions, disclosures, admissions

Manages complex civil jury and non-jury trial preparations: including but not limited to witness lists and witness coordination, exhibit lists and coordinations, bates numbering and logging, pretrial motions and orders

Meets with applicants to explain process and qualification for a protective order. Draft and prepare protective order documents for prosecutor review

Coordinates and schedules mediations with opposing parties, their attorneys, CPS, Bail Bondsmen, and attorney mediators and coordinate settlement negotiations

Drafts subpoenas, subpoena dues tecums, settlement offers, and arranges for service of witnesses, law enforcement, caseworkers, investigators and experts

Coordinates with court coordinators, caseworkers, Bail Bondsmen, and attorneys to schedule and calendar hearings, bench trials, and jury trials

Reviews redacted files to ensure compliance with Texas statutes and Open Government Statute

Assists with docket days, including taking case notes during docket, distributing affidavits of indigence to parties, notarizing affidavits of indigence, and tracking orders

Gathers reports, videos, audio, photographs, records and/or criminal case documents from local law enforcement agencies, as requested

Management of evidence, including but not limited to, photographs, video and audio tapes and any other physical item in the custody of the District Attorney for evidentiary or Open Records purposes

Performs general clerical duties including answering the telephone, filing, typing correspondence, etc

Assist the general public via telephone or in person with information pertaining to various legal issues/questions

Establishes and manages computerized and/or paper filing system

Coordinates citations and service of petitions

Assures the services delivered meet quality and timeliness standards

Processes computerized information records systems with attention to detail and accuracy

Prepares originals and responsive pleadings in child protection, Bond and Asset Forfieture cases and follows applicable law

Prepares cases for jury trials including but not limited to gathering and marking exhibits, coordinating witnesses, maintaining witness schedule after the end of each trial day, organizing trial boxes assisting attorneys during voir dire

Records management (i.e. medical records, psychological,psychiatric records, etc.) and Bates logging the records as they come in office. Manage the calendar for the attorney workroom and assist the public in scheduling use of the attorney workroom

Performs legal research on a variety of legal issues, as needed

Drafts answers and general denials in cases regarding Expunctions and Nondisclosures, Bond and Asset Forfeiture case, and requests for ruling to the Office of the Attorney General as it relates to requests received pursuant to the Public Information Act

Maintains and tracks all data related to Felony and Misdemanor Bonds including settlements, records, and court costs

Performs other duties as assigned

Qualification

Paralegal Studies CertificateLegal ResearchCase ManagementTLETS TrainingBilingual SpanishBilingual EnglishSupervisory SkillsClerical SkillsCommunication Skills