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Law Office Assistant Jobs in Everett, WA at Snohomish County Public Defender Association
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Law Office Assistant
Excellent benefits including 10.39 retirement contribution, ability to make a meaningful impact in your community and MORE – see below.
Snohomish County Public Defender Association is a private, non-profit law office who is passionate about our communities. We are seeking a Full-time position.
Brave Advocacy, No Judgement, and Fierce Connections. These are the core tenets of SCPDA’s Mission to become an Antiracist organization while providing the highest quality legal representation to people facing loss of liberty pursuant to criminal and civil laws.
As a Defender, you will uphold the mission and exhibit these tenets through client-centered advocacy, and collaboration with your supervisor and colleagues toward professional development in your job-specific responsibilities. The following essential function will guide you on this journey and provide clear direction as to what is expected from this position.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Law Office Assistant is responsible to greet and assist clients, guests, and employees and rotate between eight administrative stations and perform a variety of complex office duties in a law office. Some rotations are in office only. Some rotations may be accomplished remotely. Requires a high degree of confidentiality.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Answer telephone, greet visitors, and route requests promptly to the appropriate person. Assist visitors and callers by answering questions and explaining court procedures, take complaints, explain services, polices procedures and schedules. Schedule appointments, meetings and maintain conference room schedule.
Receive, sort, and promptly distribute mail. Review items for accuracy, completeness, required stamps and signatures, forward documents to others as necessary.
Prepare various legal documents and correspondence, review documents for accuracy before filing and processing and distribute to other parties as necessary.
Enter data as needed; set up and maintain files and filing systems; retrieve information from files or database; purge files of obsolete or incorrect information, and perform special projects as directed.
Open files, conflict check and redact discovery as requested; set up client files and maintain or file as requested. File documents with County Clerk and send copies to interested parties as required. Request necessary case information from other agencies if required.
Make regular visit/court run pick up or drop off files.
Maintain reception area.
Ability to work in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
Prioritize collaboration and cooperation in your interactions with all Defenders. Hold yourself accountable when contributing to differences in power and identity, and act in ways which honor the authenticity, value, and dignity of each Defender.
Seek to cultivate constructive relationships with court stakeholders for the benefit of clients, and represent SCPDA with mindfulness, compassion, and consideration towards others.
Advance and/or progress toward recognizing and naming racism and other oppressions within our work.
Intentionally engage in antiracism learning using a framework (example: Awareness, Knowledge, Skills and Action).
Adhere to company policies and procedures.
Participate in meetings as requested.
Other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
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Title: Law Office Assistant
Company: Snohomish County Public Defender Association
Location: Everett, WA
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