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City of Atlanta · 2 months ago

Legal Specialist (Litigation Division)

68 Mitchell Street SW, Atlanta, GA, 30303, US

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$41K/yr - $57K/yr

City of Atlanta is seeking a Legal Specialist in their Litigation Division. This role involves performing administrative and legal functions, supporting the Department of Law, and managing case-related tasks to enhance efficiency in legal proceedings.

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Responsibilities

Responsible for coordination of daily demands of case management and crowd control through the gathering of information for effective and efficient prosecution

Serves as a liaison for the Department and the general public to assess the nature of inquiries and directing them to the appropriated division or personnel

Prepares discovery responses, which includes gathering information and documents from various agencies, determines which information and/or documents are responsive for legal argument

Reviews, maintains, and organizes documents for discovery on litigation cases

Compiles evidence and supporting information by searching records, discovery documents, databases, third parties, and interviewing victims and witnesses

Prepares correspondence and legal memorandum

Conducts legal research

Draft simple agreements and documents in your area of practice

Perform necessary due diligence related to the subject transaction

Responsible for maintaining data related to division(s) performance

Maintains records to ensure timely responses to motions, other legal documents and correspondences are complete

Negotiates to limit the scope of request and oversees responses to request

Ensures accurate case files and records

Provides effective customer service, communication and interpersonal techniques regarding interaction with coworkers, supervisors, and the general public

Operates computers and works with database, spreadsheets, word processing, presentation, e-mail, and other related software

Confers with appropriate staff to obtain necessary signatures and receive instructions

Performs other duties as directed to process cases

Transcription duties as assigned

Front desk/reception area duties as assigned