LEGAL ASSISTANT (OA)

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 All U.S. Citizens and Nationals under 26-UT-13027210-DE.

As a Legal Assistant in the United States Attorney's Office (USAO), District of Utah, you will provide a wide variety of technical assistance services related to complex financial litigation actions and matters. Typical work assignments will include: Provide a variety of legal assistance and office support services to Attorneys. Examine, prepare and process a variety of technical legal documents which are characteristically voluminous and complex in format. Review incoming material and determine the need for assembly and preparation of a variety of legal documents, e.g., complaints, motions, orders, answers, pleadings, subpoenas, and libels. Provide assistance to attorneys in trial preparation by performing duties such as compiling trial notebooks, assembling jury instruction, and compiling witness and exhibit lists. Assemble exhibits, affidavits, and other legal documents from file material. Produce a variety of written documents and materials utilizing a wide range of office software applications. Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your trainingand experience progress.