Legal Assistant (Office Automaton)

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-VAW-13088167-MS

At the full performance level, you will support Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSA), Civil Division, by providing a variety of legal assistance and office support services. If selected, you will receive formal and/or on-the-job training as needed. Typical work assignments will include: fielding phone calls and emails with client agencies, members of the public, and the court regarding cases. drafting a variety of legal documents, e.g., complaints, answers, discovery pleadings, motions, and subpoenas reviewing and processing document discovery in accordance with federal rules and established procedures proofreading and cite-checking legal briefs, discovery pleadings, and other legal documents supporting attorneys in hearings and trial preparation by conducting non-complex research of litigation, statutes, regulations, and court cases supporting attorneys in depositions and trials by assembling exhibits and affidavits supporting attorneys with managing their casework, including electronically filing pleadings, ordering transcripts, assisting in retention of expert witnesses, and other duties as assigned maintaining attorneys' dockets and being responsible for case file organization, including opening cases, maintaining the case file, and closing cases for disposition or transfer to records depository maintaining calendar of internal and external deadlines Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.