Legal Assistant/Discovery Clerk

Job Summary
Jennifer I. Nash & Nicolas Ortiz, PC is seeking a part-time legal assistant/discovery clerk to join our firm. This position is approximately 20 hours per week. Scheduling is flexible based on your needs, and ours. However, work tasks to be completed only during usual business hours of M-Thursday from 8-5 and Friday from 8-12. This is a hybrid position with most of your time spent working remotely.

Responsibilities

• Drafting Discovery Requests using templates and adapting to case-specific facts
• Managing time lines for discovery production, including calendaring deadlines
• Managing electronic discovery documents, including scanning or downloading sensitive material such as financial and medical documents
• Organizing and sorting documents
• Cataloging and indexing documents by what was requested/produced/missing
• Preparing correspondence for missing documents from legal production request
• Preparing documents for legal filings: detailing the dates and times of the discovery requests, the documents requested, the documents produced, and the missing documents.
• Working closely with clients to ensure the timely production of documents in legal cases
• Other duties as needed

Skills

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Some office experience preferred
• Legal training preferred, or a background in banking, personal finance, accounting, teaching, or any informal or personal experience that requires attention to detail
• A familiarity with how to read financial documents including bank statements, credit card statements, investment account statements and other financial records
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to communicate clearly and professionally verbally, and in writing
• An ability to work independently, and to manage your time to ensure tasks are completed promptly
• Ability to prioritize and manage tasks with competing deadlines
• Ability to use technology

To apply:

Submit a cover letter, resume and references to manager@jinnopc.com

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $20.44 - $24.22 per hour

Expected hours: 20 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• No nights
• No weekends

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Required)

Experience:

• Office: 1 year (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Corvallis, OR 97330 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Corvallis, OR 97330: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Corvallis, OR 97330

Salary : $20 - $24