Legal Assistant supporting the managing partner of Oklahoma City litigation team at The Law Firm for Truck Safety. Involves document preparation, case organization, and managing deadlines in a legal environment.
About the role
- Legal Assistant providing litigation and administrative support for Center for Food Safety's legal team. Responsibilities include document preparation, filing, and case management in a dynamic environment.
Responsibilities
- Provide litigation and administrative support to a small, dynamic legal team of attorneys
- Prepare documents for filing, including: proofread, format, produce tables of contents and authorities, assemble exhibit lists, prepare statutory and regulatory addenda, redactions, sealing, etc.
- File and serve paper and electronic filings in agency and court venues; ensure timely filing, delivery, and service of court documents in adherence to relevant court rules
- Maintain familiarity with rules and procedures of relevant courts and agencies where CFS has active litigation or legal actions
- Communicate with courts as requested by attorneys
- Manage legal team case files and keep up to date, including downloading and filing all ECF docket filings in CFS litigation
- Maintain litigation docket, case and attorney files, archive files, and legal calendar
- Coordinate case management tasks such as reviewing compliance with orders; calendaring and tracking deadlines; creating templates; maintaining matter data, and monitoring board approval requests
- Research and guide attorneys on federal and state court rules and procedures
- Retrieve legal documents from agencies, libraries, court dockets, and internet sources
- Support attorneys in gaining admission to courts, submitting pro hac vice applications, renewing court registrations, and creating and managing e-filing accounts
- Coordinate administrative filings with federal agencies and oversee document submission and docket uploads
- Support attorneys with document review and production for litigation and public records, discovery procedures, privilege logs, and handling confidential documents
- Maintain digital and servers, and serve as liaison for technology needs and issues
- Maintain Freedom of Information Act requests and responses from federal agencies
- Maintain billing account records and assist with fee recovery
- Conduct miscellaneous administrative tasks, such as scheduling and organizing legal team meetings and coordinating legal recruiting efforts
- Assist attorneys with job posting, scheduling, and hiring of legal team staff and law clerks
- Assist with onboarding and training of law clerks and new legal staff
- Other tasks as assigned and as needed.
Requirements
- Flexibility to work occasionally on weekends and evenings to meet filing deadlines
- Bachelor's Degree, Associate's Degree, or Paralegal Certification
- Proficiency in platforms and other technology used to support litigation work, such as Microsoft Office Applications, file management, Adobe Pro, and PACER/ECF
- Experience with eDiscovery is a plus
- Interest in food and agriculture, public health, and/or environmental advocacy is a plus
- Paralegal training, two or more years of relevant experience, and/or a background in environmental advocacy are preferred but not required
- Recent college graduates interested in a career in public interest law and people with an administrative assistant background looking to transition to paralegal work are encouraged to apply.
Benefits
- strong compensation package
- flexible and hybrid work environment
- four-day "Flexible Fridays" work week
- discretionary annual bonus
- employer 401(k) retirement plan contribution
- medical insurance
- vision insurance
- dental insurance
- disability insurance
- pre-tax medical savings plan
- generous vacation and leave policies
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