Title: Legal Secretary, Employment Unit
State Role Title: Legal Secretary
Hiring Range: Commensurate with Experience
Pay Band: UG
Agency: Attorney General & Dept of Law
Location: Office of the Attorney General
Agency Website: https://www.oag.state.va.us/
Recruitment Type: General Public - G
Job Duties
The successful candidate will provide the following services:
• Clerical Duties: Provide secretarial support to up to seven Employment Unit-Trial Section attorneys and provide backup secretarial support to attorneys in the General Civil/Unit of the Trial Section.
Duties include: prioritizing work assigned by the attorneys; typing and editing briefs, pleadings, discovery requests and responses, correspondence and memoranda, and preparing same for filing by mail, in person, or electronically;
drafting correspondence for attorneys' signatures; proofreading and performing quality checks on all work product, including referring to Lexis Advance, Westlaw and the Bluebook; scanning pleadings and correspondence received electronically and by U.S.
mail into electronic database; attending to all aspects of discovery; opening and distributing mail (10) managing the opening of new cases and the closing of ended cases in the Office’s case management database; other administrative tasks related to active
trial practice.
• Paralegal Duties: establish files, organize and maintain electronic file for all discovery; upload discovery documents to file sharing platform; communicate with clients, experts and opposing counsel; prepare trial exhibits and materials; contact and schedule witnesses for meetings and depositions; prepare and track subpoenas and arrange for service.
• Administrative Duties: prepare and process travel vouchers and requests for travel as well as purchase, reimbursement and payment forms; arrange for conference rooms and schedule court reporters; provide backup secretarial support to other units in the Trial Section; and electronically file, where applicable and appropriate, in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. District Courts in the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia, the Supreme Court of Virginia and the Court of Appeals of Virginia, using VACES and the CM-ECF/Pacer system
Minimum Qualifications
Special Instructions
Kindly utilize the Virginia Jobs website (https://www.jobs.virginia.gov) to submit your application. Applications sent to the Recruitment email address will not be reviewed for the hiring process. We do not entertain phone calls or emails inquiring about application status; instead, please login to the PageUp/RMS system for updates on your application's status.
Contact Information
Name: OAG Recruitment
Phone: 804-786-2071
Email: recruitment@oag.state.va.us
In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.
Note Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.
The Commonwealth of Virginia is located in the South Atlantic region of the United States. It was the 10th state to be admitted to the Union on June 25, 1788. Home to approximately 8 million residents, Virginia is the 12th most populous state in the United States. The capital is Richmond, and its most populous city is Virginia Beach.
The narrative history of the Commonwealth of Virginia often begins with the founding of Jamestown in 1607, near what is now modern day Williamsburg, Virginia. Jamestown became the first permanent English settlement in the New World, and the Virginia General Assembly, established on July 30, 1619, is now recognized as the oldest legislative body in the western hemisphere. When Virginia became a royal colony in 1624, the robust tobacco trade that had been developing in Virginia helped establish the American colonies as a powerful economic force. During the American Revolution, Virginia witnessed the final surrender of British forces at Yorktown and later became known as the birthplace of many revolution-era figures and future American presidents, including George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. To date, 8 United States presidents have been born in Virginia, more than in any other state.
The modern government of Virginia is nearly identical in structure to the federal government, and is divided into 3 branches, these being the executive, legislative, and judiciary branches. The Virginia General Assembly is comprised of the 100-member House of Delegates and the 40-member Senate. A governor and lieutenant governor are elected every 4 years. Governors cannot be elected to or serve consecutive terms. Virginia’s judicial system consists of the Supreme Court of Virginia and the Court of Appeals of Virginia, the Circuit Courts, and the lower General District Courts and the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts. Virginia has 13 electoral votes in presidential elections, and possesses 11 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
