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County of Orange · 1 day ago

Senior Legal Secretary

Santa Ana, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$61K/yr - $83K/yr

County of Orange is seeking a Senior Legal Secretary to provide legal secretarial support to assigned attorneys on the Office's LPS/Probate or Litigation and Advisory teams. The role involves the timely preparation, processing, and filing of legal documents in various civil actions and litigation, along with providing a full range of clerical support.

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Responsibilities

Provide legal secretarial support to assigned attorneys on the Office's LPS/Probate or Litigation and Advisory teams

Responsible for the timely preparation, processing, and filing of legal documents in a variety of complex and non-complex civil actions and litigation

Create, format, and edit various legal forms and related documentation

Analyze and interpret court rules, procedures, and citation checks

Understand court system procedures, processing legal documents, and filing deadlines

Conduct research and locate relevant resources in a law library setting

Plan and organize complex legal and general clerical assignments effectively

Contribute to the development and refinement of office policies and procedures

Meet Office of County Counsel goals and deadlines

Communicate effectively by presenting thoughts, ideas, information, and messages, concisely, logically, and persuasively both orally and in writing with correct punctuation and spelling

Communicate with peers, management, members of the public, and city or county staff to achieve business objectives and foster effective working relationships

Use diplomacy when dealing with challenging situations or sudden changes

Qualification

Legal document preparationCourt rules analysisLegal researchClerical supportDiplomacyEffective communicationOrganizational skills

Required

Creating, formatting, and editing various legal forms and related documentation

Analyzing and interpreting court rules, procedures, and citation checks

Foundational understanding of court system procedures, processing legal documents, and filing deadlines

Conducting research and locating relevant resources in a law library setting

Planning and organizing complex legal and general clerical assignments effectively

Contributing to the development and refinement of office policies and procedures

Meeting Office of County Counsel goals and deadlines

Communicating effectively by presenting thoughts, ideas, information, and messages, concisely, logically, and persuasively both orally and in writing with correct punctuation and spelling

Communicating with peers, management, members of the public, and city or county staff to achieve business objectives and foster effective working relationships

Using diplomacy when dealing with challenging situations or sudden changes