Description

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of over 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.

A Legal Assistant position is available with the Fort Worth City Attorney’s Office. This office is a team of legal professionals focused on providing consistent, excellent legal service and quality customer service to the City of Fort Worth.  We strive to be a well-managed office that is proactive and integrated into the day-to-day activities of the City and to be recognized by our peers for exemplary professionalism and ethical behavioral.

The Legal Assistant job responsibilities include:

• Preparing legal documents and correspondence
• Drafting answers, discovery responses, briefs, appendices, and other litigation pleadings
• Maintaining physical and electronic files
• Calculating and tracking deadlines
• Arranging, scheduling, and confirming appointments, meetings, depositions, hearings, and court settings
• Proof-reading/reviewing contracts, ordinances, resolutions, motions, briefs and other legal documents
• Copying, scanning, answering telephones, and providing assistance to the general public and city staff

Working Conditions

Applicants for this position must pass a Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) fingerprint-based background check and maintain CJIS eligibility.  Due to CJIS requirements related to system access, the following will result in being disqualified for this position:  Felony Convictions, Felony Deferred Adjudication, Class A Misdemeanor Conviction, Class B Misdemeanor Convictions in the last 10 years, Class A Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication, Class B Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication in the last 10 years, an Open Arrest for Any Criminal Offense (Felony or Misdemeanor), and ALL Family Violence Convictions regardless of class.

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Requirements

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Associate degree from an accredited college with major course work in Business Administration, Public Administration, Office Administration, or related field
• Two (2) years of increasingly responsible Legal Assistant experience
• Strong working knowledge of legal terminology, court procedures, and the preparation and processing of legal documents
• Experience utilizing electronic and online court filing systems
• Attention to detail, time management, and the ability to handle confidential information

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience supporting litigation matters, including pleadings, discovery, and trial preparation
• Experience in employment law or labor and employment matters