Legal Assistant

Legal Assistant Position and Responsibilities

Legal Assistants work under the direction of attorneys and/or paralegals, and provide a variety of paraprofessional legal duties in a fast-paced, high-volume litigation practice. The responsibilities listed below represent the range of duties assigned and are not intended as an exhaustive list.

• Implement document litigation holds across various City departments.
• Coordinate with the Litigation Support Team to set up cases and establish and maintain databases.
• Create and organize case-specific databases and maintain case custodian lists on assigned cases.
• Draft and issue subpoenas.
• Assist with discovery, including electronic discovery, and the organization, case management, collection, review strategy, and production of documents obtained from litigants and City departments; prepare privilege logs.
• Conduct database searches using software such as Eclipse, Concordance, CaseMap, and Text Map, and review documents within these programs for relevance, responsiveness, and privilege.
• Assist in preparing motions by gathering exhibits, preparing and managing declarations, and fact and legal cite checking briefs and supporting ...