Job Information
ST CHARLES COUNTY GOVERNMENT Litigation Assistant in Saint Charles, Missouri
Description
LITIGATION ASSISTANT
ST. CHARLES COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
Starting Salary: $57,265.68 per year
This is a full-time position which includes a full range of benefits including Paid Time Off, Extended Medical Leave, Holidays, Employee Health, Dental, Life, Disability, Retirement, and Tuition Assistance programs.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
The litigation assistant performs a variety of legal work and tasks to provide support and assistance to the assigned Attorney from case initiation until case disposition, including trial preparation. This position may telecommute occasionally.
Drafts legal documents including pleadings and motions, affidavits, and interrogatories, files motions and pleadings according to judicial procedures.
Prepares and submits court and investigative subpoenas for law enforcement and case attorneys.
Meets with attorneys, clients, and other professionals to discuss assigned cases or projects.
Attends meetings with case attorneys, evidence technicians, investigators, etc. to assist attorney in the selection of trial evidence and detail exhibit preparations.
Prepares, organizes, stores, and retrieves case files.
Prepares cases for trial when directed. This includes assisting at trials with voir dire and jury selection, exhibits, witness contacts and preparation, and note taking during trial.
Prepares, sends, tracks, and retrieves evidence to/from Attorney General for appeals.
Assist attorney in misdemeanor docket, Director of Revenue cases, jury trials, motion and bond hearings, preliminary hearings, and guilty pleas.
Performs other duties as assigned.