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Legal Assistant II (Legal/Litigation Secretary) - Metropolitan Water District - Los Angeles, CA - EXPIRED


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Company: Metropolitan Water District

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The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is a consortium of twenty-six cities and water districts that provides drinking water to nearly 19 million people in Southern California. Metropolitan's mission is to provide its service area with adequate and reliable supplies of high quality water to meet current and future needs in an environmentally and economically responsible way. Metropolitan's facilities include the 242-mile Colorado River Aqueduct, five conventional water treatment plants with a combined capacity of 2.6 billion gallons per day, nine surface water reservoirs, 800 miles of pipeline, and 16 hydroelectric power plants.
LEGAL ASSISTANT II (Legal/Litigation Secretary)
The MWD's Legal Department currently has one opening for a Legal Assistant II (Legal/Litigation Secretary) at our Headquarters Building in Los Angeles, CA. This position is responsible for performing a broad range of legal secretarial duties, including those pertaining to litigation and providing support to one or more attorneys.

SUMMARY
Positions at this level perform a broad range of confidential duties in support of attorneys and/or paralegals and are fully competent and use judgment in interpreting and adapting guidelines.

JOB DUTIES
Duties include but are not limited to:
1. Prepares a variety of litigation documents, such as pleadings, motions, briefs, and other related documents. Files legal documents with state and federal courts, and serves documents on all parties. Prepares and serves discovery related documents.
2. Calendars court hearings, appearances, and response dates for assigned attorneys. Monitors status of active cases including tentative rulings and orders.
3. Organizes, redacts, and converts documents in response to Public Records Act and/or discovery requests.
4. Prepares and processes transactional documents, such as contracts, agreements, leases and other related documents.
5. Composes and prepares correspondence. Transcribes dictation from various media. Formats, proofreads, edits, and routes Board letters.
6. Places and receives telephone calls, takes and transmits messages, and establishes priority for those requiring immediate action.
7. Makes travel arrangements, prepares expense reports, records attorney time by matter, and handles other requests. May maintain attorney calendars and make appointments.
8. May schedule and coordinate depositions, appointments, mediations, and other legal proceedings with court reporters, witnesses, outside counsel, opposing counsel and other parties, and maintain docket of litigation cases.
9. Classifies, indexes, cross-references, and files litigation and administrative documents according to applicable protocols.
10. May serve as Board Letter Coordinator.
11. May participate on a project team.
12. Performs other related Legal Assistant job duties as required.
JOB REQUIREMENTS: MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience: Associate's degree from an accredited college or university and four years of relevant experience in a legal setting. Completion of a legal secretarial program that required a minimum of one year of study may be substituted for one year of experience; or two years in an MWD Legal Assistant I classification.

Relevant experience includes but is not limited to: experience working with litigation documents, e-court filings, deposition vendors, court reporters, court clerks, mediators, etc.

Required Knowledge of: Legal terminology, forms, formats, procedures, documents, and office operations and practices; the court system and court rules; litigation procedures; legal resources and legal research tools; image database software and legal timekeeping tools; proper format of legal citations; principles of indexing and maintaining legal case and administrative files; English usage, spelling, grammar, and punctuation and business letter writing; and current office procedures, methods, and equipment including multi-line phones, copiers, facsimile machines, computers, and legal specific applications; and current office technology and equipment.

Required Skills and Abilities to: Organize and prioritize work; proofread, think critically, and manage their time; prepare table of authorities and table of contents; type at a minimum speed of 60 wpm; understand, apply, and implement administrative policies, practices, and procedures; work effectively and maintain attention to detail; maintain confidentiality; compose correspondence and accurately prepare legal forms and documents; review legal citations to ensure accuracy; use independent judgment and exercise discretion; problem solve; prioritize and multi-task; communicate clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing; establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work; work independently and in a team environment; and operate current office equipment including computers and supporting applications.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS, WORK ENVIRONMENT, AND VISION REQUIREMENTS
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met or may be encountered by an employee to successfully perform the job duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the job duties.

Physical Demands: The work is sedentary. Typically, the employee may sit comfortably to do the work. However, there may be some walking; standing; bending; carrying of light items such as paper, books, or small parts; driving an automobile, etc. No special physical demands are required to perform the work.

Work Environment: The work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts that require normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices, meeting and training rooms, libraries, and residences or commercial vehicles, e.g., use of safe work practices with office equipment, avoidance of trips and falls, observance of fire regulations and traffic signals, etc. The work area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated.

Work Schedule: 9/80 (Alternating Fridays off)

Job Related Selection Criteria:
40% Technical Knowledge (knowledge of substantive law and legal procedure, legal forms and research tools, general office and legal technology)
35% Job Preparation (education, experience & training relevant to the position)
10% Problem Solving
05% Teamwork Skills
05% Oral Communication Skills
05% Written Communication Skills
100% Total
Benefits:
* Competitive compensation
* Excellent medical, dental, life, vision
* Retirement plans, including pension plan and 401k
* Tuition reimbursement
* Training and advancement opportunities
* Excellent working environment
* Public transportation reimbursements and van pools
* On-site fitness center
* Hub of public transportation: Rail, subway, buses and taxis

For more information on MWD benefits, please use the following link: http://www.mwdh2o.com/PDF_Careers/benefits.pdf

This job announcement has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work being performed by employees in this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. To receive a copy of the complete job description, please send an email to [email protected].

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Qualified individuals with disabilities who need a reasonable accommodation during the application or selection process, please call (213) 217-7738 or email [email protected].

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