Paralegal

Salary : $74,651.20 - $78,478.40 Annually

Location : Leonardtown, MD

Job Type : Full-Time

Job Number : 202200174

Department : State's Attorney's Office

Opening Date : 01 / 22 / 2025

Closing Date : Continuous

Job Summary

The Paralegal will assist attorney(s) by providing clerical and research support services including document preparation and review; research, investigations, fact checking, and trial preparation. Performs legal administrative and secretarial work. Performs other duties as assigned.

Essential Functions

• Reviews all law enforcement reports, and reviews / analyzes all forensic reports including DNA, chemist, fingerprints, and files appropriate legal documents;
• Researches case law for the attorney, and assists with trial preparation, which may include attending trials and hearings;
• Ensures that all cases are assigned trial and hearing dates;
• Ensures that all rescheduled cases comply with the statutory-time requirement;
• Coordinates and assigns the States Attorney's files with the appropriate case number;
• Prepares, organizes, stores, and retrieves case files, which may include evidence, exhibits, pleadings, and other items;
• Tracks the movement of each case through all court actions;
• Drafts legal documents including orders, routine pleadings and motions, affidavits, and other legal documents and obtains relevant signatures;
• Files motions and pleadings according to judicial procedures;
• Meets with attorneys and other professionals to discuss assigned cases or projects;
• May interview and meet with witnesses and victims;
• May supervise and advise other Legal Assistants and part-time Student Interns;
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Education and Experience

Physical and Environmental Conditions :

Work requires no unusual demand for physical effort.

Work environment involves high risks with exposure to potentially dangerous situations, which require a range of safety and other precautions, e.g., aggressive human behavior, or similar situations where conditions cannot be controlled.

We offer a complete benefits package to full-time employees including health care, dental, vision, retirement, deferred compensation plan, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, long-term disability, identity theft protection, sick-leave transfer, holidays, vacation, and sick leave.

Regular Part-time employees who work an average of 20 or more hours per week over the course of a year, receive benefits on a pro-rated basis.

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Do you have an Associate's degree in Paralegal Studies or related field or a Bachelor's degree in Paralegal Studies? Please explain.

Do you have a Paralegal certificate? Please explain.

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Salary : $74,651 - $78,478