Legal Support Specialist

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Legal Support Specialist
The candidate provides legal administrative assistant support to attorneys and paralegals in the Office of the General Counsel. Receives general instructions from attorney supervisor, attorneys, and paralegals. Exercises judgment and applies skills to fully analyze issues and problems. Gathers data and information for projects of moderate scope. Maintains calendars for assigned attorneys and ensures no scheduling conflicts; schedules and arranges high volume of meetings, conference calls, conferences, and travel. Drafts and edits correspondence, reports, presentations, forms and other legal documents including, pleadings, discovery, legal responses, notices, affidavits, correspondence, claims, complaints, reports and presentations using thorough knowledge of legal terminology, practices, forms and the legal system. Serves as a knowledge manager for data, correspondence, matter files, reports, and other documentation associated with legal matters handled by attorneys and paralegals. Works on moderate legal projects of diverse scope. By practicing OGC's established Values for Principles of Community the Legal Support Specialist is expected to contribute to and maintain a workplace that is collaborative, supportive, respectful of differences, and committed to fairness and diversity in all interactions, both within and outside the team. Gathers, filters, synthesizes large quantities of client, matter and other information for action by attorneys and paralegals. Drafts, edits, and modifies documents including correspondence, pleadings, discovery, reports, agreements, presentations, spreadsheets, and proposals for review by attorneys and paralegals. Prepares pleadings and other documents for filing in local, state, and federal jurisdictions. Prepares reports and/or analysis summarizing information on the assigned issues. Compiles data, statistics and other information for meetings and presentations; develops presentation slides for attorneys and paralegals as requested. Conducts legal or factual research of moderate scope, to include fact gathering and retrieval of information. Assembles analytical and factual data on assigned problems and legal issues. Builds and maintains contact with internal and external individuals at all organizational levels to gather information for matters. Maintains calendars for assigned attorneys and ensures no scheduling conflicts; schedules and arranges high volume of meetings, conference calls, conferences, and travel. Must have Associate Degree or equivalent training/work experience and 5+ years of progressively responsible journey-level legal administrative support experience within a legal department or law firm; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Must have demonstrated Legal Administrative Assistant skills. Litigation experience is desirable.

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