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Delaware County, Ohio · 10 hours ago

Staff Attorney/Magistrate for Judge Marianne T. Hemmeter

Delaware, OH

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

5+ years exp

Delaware County, Ohio is seeking a Staff Attorney/Magistrate for Judge Marianne T. Hemmeter. This role presides over courtroom hearings and trials, performs legal research, drafts decisions, and manages the civil case docket.

Government Administration

Responsibilities

Conducts legal research

Reads and analyzes judicial decisions, laws, regulations, rules, and other sources of information

Determines whether parties in civil cases have complied with the law and court rules and whether motions and other requests should be granted or denied

Drafts court decisions and judgment entries

Assists civil litigants in resolving discovery disputes and scheduling concerns, typically by phone or email, sometimes in person

Sets deadlines for civil discovery and motions

Schedules trials and other events in civil cases

Tracks progress of civil cases to ensure that motions are being resolved promptly and that cases are being resolved within appropriate time guidelines

Presides at some hearings as permitted by Ohio’s criminal and civil rules

Proposes and drafts appropriate changes to the court’s local rules

Communicates with parties in civil cases concerning draft orders and proposed settlements

Performs some typing, word processing, and related computer operations

Faxes, copies, scans, and emails documents and other information

Provides day-to-day supervision of the judge’s law clerk or extern, if applicable

Assigns some clerical work to the court’s administrative support staff

Adds documents to the judge’s Smart Bench folder for review and possible signature, and then handles electronically signed documents or those that need administrative attention; and

Performs other related duties as required and assigned