Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys and the Office of the U.S. Attorneys

Legal Assistant (Office Automation)

Seattle, WashingtonDepartment of Justice

$57K – $82Kposted range

Range as posted by the employer.

Posted 1 week ago · listed on USAJOBS

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About the role

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 27-WAW-13077778-MS.

Duties

If selected, you will serve as the Grand Jury Coordinator and Legal Assistant in the Criminal Division of the United States Attorney's Office (USAO) for the Western District of Washington. You will be responsible for directly and independently supporting Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) by providing a wide variety of technical assistance services related to complex grand jury actions and matters. Typical work assignments will include: Independently researching and following the laws and specialized rules regarding grand jury proceedings and impanelment, reviewing cases to determine factual issues that may impact grand jury activities, protecting grand jury records and keeping files secure from public disclosure, making substantive processing determinations or initiating other actions based on an analysis of the situation or circumstances of the proceedings, and acting as authoritative liaison with other agencies regarding grand jury matters; Performing extensive searches of records, reference and/or historical material and independently researching, evaluating, and coordinating information to establish the facts and issues of specific litigation cases; Transcribing, preparing and distributing both complex confidential legal correspondence, reports and other documents; assisting in editing and compiling data for grand jury reports and supervising the secure reproduction and distribution of reports; Preparing trial exhibits such as statistical charts, graphs, and timelines to be presented in court; and Coding and indexing discovery documents using legal case management software. Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.

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