Legal Assistant
Location: Georgetown, Texas
Description: City of Georgetown, TX is presently looking of Legal Assistant right now, this occupation will be assigned in Texas. Detailed specification about this occupation opportunity please read the description below. Reporting to the City Attorney, the Legal Assistant coordinates review and response to open records request sent to the city attorney’s office for review, researches law, investigates facts, and prepares documents to assist the City Attorney and Assistant City Attorney.
Essential Duties :
- Assist in drafting ordinances, resolutions, contracts, agreements, easements, procedures, policies, deeds, pleadings, and other legal documents.
- Research and analyze law sources such as federal, state and local statutes and cases, recorded judicial decisions, legal articles, constitutions, and legal codes.
- Coordinate review and response to Open Records Requests received by the City and forwarded to the City Attorney’s office for legal review, includes reviewing responsive information provided by other City staff, determining which legal exceptions to disclosure may apply, drafting briefs to the Attorney General’s office, and providing guidance to City Staff regarding the applicable state law governing open records requests.
- Assists the City Attorney and Assistant City Attorney in the supervision of interns and other staff.
- Provides quality customer service to city staff, the general public, and all other work contacts.
- Performs other duties as assigned; including office management.
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent and at least five (5) years of relevant work experience; or any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
Must possess strong writing skills and have knowledge of legislative drafting techniques. Must have a working knowledge of the state law governing open records requests, including the Texas Public Information Act. Must also possess legal and legislative research skills using legal research databases, the internet, law library and other sources. Must be familiar with municipal and local law including local ordinances and resolutions. Must also possess skills and abilities to maintain a high degree of confidentiality; prioritize work assignments; effective multi-tasking skills; provide excellent customer service to City employees and the public; operate standard office equipment, including computer and standard word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software; gather, compile, analyze, and communicate a variety of information; establish and maintain effective working relationships with city officials, city departments, state and federal officials, community organizations and groups, and the general public; and demonstrate proficiently in both oral and written communication. Some familiarity with Laser-fiche or other records management and open records management software.
- Reading: Reads various legal documents; understands legal terminology.
- Writing: Ability to draft a variety of documents including legal terminology into simple readable style.
- Math: Perform calculations for bookkeeping duties.
- Reasoning: Analyze preliminary legal documents.
- Advanced Theoretical Knowledge: Legal terminology.
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This occupation starts available on: Wed, 08 Aug 2012 01:51:11 GMT