Legal Assistant

Litigation Legal Assistant

Location: 315 Court Street, Clearwater, FL 33756

Are you looking for an awesome opportunity to join public service and a diverse legal practice who offers outstanding health, prescription, vision, dental benefits and retirement plans? The County Attorney's Office has a permanent opening in Clearwater, Florida for a legal assistant with litigation experience. If that's you, come join the team!

The legal assistant is responsible for advanced legal assistant work including dealing with subjects primarily legal in nature and must be familiar with legal terminology. They will perform a wide variety of clerical tasks which will require the application of independent judgment and knowledge of laws, regulations, policies, and procedures as well as handling general office tasks such as the receipt and disposition of office calls, visitors, mail and maintaining appointment calendars and scheduling meetings.

What Would You Do?

• Keeps appointment calendars, schedules appointments, and legal hearings and advises attorneys of important meetings and hearings.
• Prepares legal instruments such as pleadings, legal briefs, agreements, subpoenas, and related documents.
• Independently prepares routine legal forms & correspondence.
• Files pleadings with the appropriate court.
• Sets up and maintains files, files letters, legal pleadings, and related materials and assembles information for other's use.
• Scans and converts documents received to ensure proper formatting and profiling.
• Transcribes handwritten documents for review and editing.
• Receives and screens callers, gives information on office operations, and refers callers to other employees, officials or departments as warranted.
• Processes incoming mail and expense reports.
• Performs other related job duties as assigned.

What Do You Need To Have?

• Minimum 3 years of legal assistant experience; or
• Associate degree or 2 years of college in legal studies, paralegal studies or related field and 1 year of legal assistant experience; or
• Bachelor's or higher-level degree in legal studies, paralegal studies or related field.
• Must be able to accurately type 55 net words per minute.
• Ability to work in a structured and deadline driven environment.
• Assignment to work a variety of work schedules including compulsory work periods in special, emergency, and/or disaster situations.

Highly Desirable

• Previous experience using Prolaw law office software.
• Previous experience supporting multiple attorneys.

Why Choose Pinellas County?

When you join Pinellas County, you're not just taking on a job-you're investing in your future. We believe in supporting our employees with exceptional benefits that help you thrive both professionally and personally. Here's why our benefits stand out as some of the best in the area:

• Comprehensive Benefits Package: Enjoy affordable medical, dental, vision, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, and more that meet the needs of you and your family.
• Florida Retirement System (FRS): Secure your financial future with a robust retirement plan that gives you peace of mind as you plan for tomorrow.
• Generous leave time: Take advantage of time off to recharge and enjoy life outside of work.
• Wellness Program: Access to county gyms 24/7 and wellness programs as part of our commitment to employee wellness.
• Deferred compensation: Build your savings and plan for the future with flexible deferred compensation options tailored to your financial goals.
• To learn more, see What We Offer

Want to Learn More?

Please review the full classification description with the Physical/Mental Demands, Working Conditions, and Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities at the below link.

Legal Assistant C20