Legal Assistant (Office Automation)

Summary For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorneys' Offices, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/. As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement. This position is also being announced to applicants eligible to apply through Merit Staffing procedures under 26-NDCA-12980316-MS Responsibilities If selected for this position, you will serve as a Legal Assistant responsible for providing a variety of technical, analytical, and legal support services to facilitate litigation decisions, trial preparation, and presentation. Typical work assignments will include: examining, preparing and processing a variety of technical legal documents, e.g., complaints, motions, orders, answers, pleadings, subpoenas, and libels; proofreading and cite checking legal briefs, memoranda, and other legal documents; providing assistance to attorneys in trial preparation by conducting non-complex research of litigation, statutes, regulations, and court cas...