Job Description
Title: Legal Assistant Senior
Duration: 3+ months
Pay Rate: $ 24.24/hr. On W2 Without Benefits
Work Hours: Monday–Friday, 9 to 5
Interview Mode: Web
Description:
- Transcribes or types legal dictation with accuracy and attention to detail
- Prepares standard legal forms in compliance with established requirements
- Reviews and proofreads legal briefs, pleadings, transcriptions, and citations for accuracy and clarity
- Verifies the accuracy and completeness of citations and references
- Drafts and formats correspondence and other written materials
- Maintains confidential case files, follow-up records, and other essential legal documentation
- Learns and applies various electronic, manual, and computerized information systems used by the agency, office, or related units
- Prepares and formats legal documents in accordance with established standards and guidelines
- Scans and organizes documents for electronic and physical filing
- Schedules appointments and coordinates meeting logistics
- Manages and maintains calendars to ensure accurate scheduling and timely reminders
Mandatory skills/certification(s) Requirement:
- Transcribes or types legal dictation with accuracy and attention to detail
- Prepares standard legal forms in compliance with established requirements
- Reviews and proofreads legal briefs, pleadings, transcriptions, and citations for accuracy and clarity
- Verifies the accuracy and completeness of citations and references
- Drafts and formats correspondence and other written materials
- Maintains confidential case files, follow-up records, and other essential legal documentation
- Learns and applies various electronic, manual, and computerized information systems used by the agency, office, or related units
- Prepares and formats legal documents in accordance with established standards and guidelines
- Scans and organizes documents for electronic and physical filing
- Schedules appointments and coordinates meeting logistics
- Manages and maintains calendars to ensure accurate scheduling and timely reminders
Desired skills:
- Transcribes or types legal dictation with accuracy and attention to detail
- Prepares standard legal forms in compliance with established requirements
- Reviews and proofreads legal briefs, pleadings, transcriptions, and citations for accuracy and clarity
- Verifies the accuracy and completeness of citations and references
- Drafts and formats correspondence and other written materials
- Maintains confidential case files, follow-up records, and other essential legal documentation
- Learns and applies various electronic, manual, and computerized information systems used by the agency, office, or related units
- Prepares and formats legal documents in accordance with established standards and guidelines
- Scans and organizes documents for electronic and physical filing
- Schedules appointments and coordinates meeting logistics
- Manages and maintains calendars to ensure accurate scheduling and timely reminders
Responsibilities:
- Provides secretarial /paralegal assistance to agency executives in legal environments who have complex program or operational responsibilities. Performs research, management, and case investigative work. Drafts affidavits, pleadings, briefs and interrogatories.
- Prepares exhibit books. Reads and summarizes depositions for trail use. Responds to plaintiff's discovery requests. Interviews witnesses and defendants to prepare for trail.
- Uses word processing system to key, proofread and edit letters, memoranda, briefs, pleadings, expense, travel and miscellaneous forms from handwritten drafts, dictation and t typed drafts.
- Takes and transcribes legal dictation. Types routine correspondence. Answers telephone, take messages, direct calls, receive clients and distribute deliveries. Performs other assigned duties such as mail, creating case files and filing, completing and maintaining forms, and making travel arrangements.
- Considerable knowledge of the State and/or federal court systems, of legal case management and litigation support techniques. Considerable knowledge of legal terminology, office / administrative management ability with a variety of clerical / administrative duties. Ability to use word processing software / systems. Paralegal training or experience.
- Provides secretarial /paralegal assistance to agency executives in legal environments who have complex program or operational responsibilities.
Required Skills:
- Ability to draft letters and memos.
- Skill in scanning documents.
- Experience with document preparation (briefs and complaints).
- Knowledge of e-filing procedures and packaging/mailing.
- Ability to schedule and manage meetings via Zoom and Teams.
- Proficiency in maintaining calendars.
- Capacity to handle confidential information.
- Skill in screening and routing calls.
Job Responsibilities
- Provides secretarial /paralegal assistance to agency executives in legal environments who have complex program or operational responsibilities. Performs research, management, and case investigative work. Drafts affidavits, pleadings, briefs and interrogatories.
- Prepares exhibit books. Reads and summarizes depositions for trail use. Responds to plaintiff's discovery requests. Interviews witnesses and defendants to prepare for trail.
- Uses word processing system to key, proofread and edit letters, memoranda, briefs, pleadings, expense, travel and miscellaneous forms from handwritten drafts, dictation and t typed drafts.
- Takes and transcribes legal dictation. Types routine correspondence. Answers telephone, take messages, direct calls, receive clients and distribute deliveries. Performs other assigned duties such as mail, creating case files and filing, completing and maintaining forms, and making travel arrangements.
- Considerable knowledge of the State and/or federal court systems, of legal case management and litigation support techniques. Considerable knowledge of legal terminology, office / administrative management ability with a variety of clerical / administrative duties. Ability to use word processing software / systems. Paralegal training or experience.
- Provides secretarial /paralegal assistance to agency executives in legal environments who have complex program or operational responsibilities.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Newark, NJ |
| Job Type | Full-time |
| Salary | $24.24 Per Hour |
| Company Size | 501 - 1000 |
| Year Founded | 1997 |
| Headquarters | McLean, VA, US |
| Website | https://www.tscti.com/ |
Qualifications
- Ability to draft letters and memos.
- Skill in scanning documents.
- Experience with document preparation (briefs and complaints).
- Knowledge of e-filing procedures and packaging/mailing.
- Ability to schedule and manage meetings via Zoom and Teams.
- Proficiency in maintaining calendars.
- Capacity to handle confidential information.
- Skill in screening and routing calls.
Desired skills:
- Transcribes or types legal dictation with accuracy and attention to detail.
- Prepares standard legal forms in compliance with established requirements.
- Reviews and proofreads legal briefs, pleadings, transcriptions, and citations for accuracy and clarity.
- Verifies the accuracy and completeness of citations and references.
- Drafts and formats correspondence and other written materials.
- Maintains confidential case files, follow-up records, and other essential legal documentation.
- Learns and applies various electronic, manual, and computerized information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
- Prepares and formats legal documents in accordance with established standards and guidelines.
- Scans and organizes documents for electronic and physical filing.
- Schedules appointments and coordinates meeting logistics.
- Manages and maintains calendars to ensure accurate scheduling and timely reminders.
About Company
22nd Century Technologies, Inc. (TSCTI) is one of the fastest-growing IT services integrators and workforce solutions providers in the United States. Founded in 1997, TSCTI is a Certified National Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) with a workforce of over 6,000 professionals, including more than 600 cybersecurity subject matter experts (SMEs), supporting clients across all 50 U.S. states, Canada, and Mexico.
Headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, and McLean, Virginia, TSCTI operates through 14 offices nationwide. Our commitment to quality, security, and operational excellence is reflected in our adherence to industry-leading standards and certified mature processes, including CMMI Level 3 for Development and Services, ISO 20000, ISO 27001, and ISO 9001.
With a strong focus on the public sector, TSCTI currently supports 14 of the 15 Federal Executive Departments, 37 additional federal agencies, all 50 state governments, more than 115 local government agencies, and 37 school districts. Over the past three years, we have significantly expanded our commercial footprint and now serve more than 80 Fortune 500 and commercial clients.
Recognized by Forbes as one of the “Best Companies to Work For,” 22nd Century Technologies consistently exceeds client expectations through a customer-centric approach, delivering exceptional talent and innovative solutions while fostering a culture that motivates, values, and empowers its employees.
https://www.tscti.com/current-openings
