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Paralegal Jobs in Huntington Station, NY at The Law Offices of David R. Okrent
Executive Service
LEGAL ASSISTANT
Department of Human Services
Asst Comm General Counsel-HRPD
Nashville, TN
Salary: $48,204.00 – $60,336.00
Closing Date: 06/16/2025
This is a remote position
Background Check: This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position.
Who we are and what we do:
DHS MISSION: Strengthen Tennessee by Strengthening Tennesseans
DHS VISION: To revolutionize the customer experience by growing capacity to reduce dependency.
DHS VALUES: High Performance Collaboration Continuous Improvement A Shared Vision Customer-Centered Solutions
Job Overview:
Under immediate supervision, the Legal Assistant is responsible for paraprofessional Legal Assistant work of average difficulty; and performs related work as required. This is the only class in the Legal Assistant sub-series. An employee in this class performs legal assistant work under the supervision of licensed attorneys.
Key Responsibilities:
Researching information using databases, the internet, books and case files in order to prepare files for litigation.
Requesting information from internal and external sources in writing or verbally to ensure all relevant information is obtained.
Develop recreation therapy goals to ensure client outcomes are achieved.
Reading and summarizing in writing relevant laws, court decisions and Attorney General opinions.
Preparing recommendations for supervising attorney on the application of law.
Reviewing documents to ensure compliance with laws, regulations or standards.
Utilizing individual knowledge and judgment to determine if additional action is needed for case or task completion.
Utilizing active listening with internal customers to determine appropriate course of action.
Collaborate with businesses to lead off-campus experiences.
Incorporating last minute or unscheduled tasks into current workload to ensure timely and accurate completion of work.
Monitoring and observing daily activities of the attorneys to avoid scheduling conflicts to ensure appropriate staff is available and to notify affected parties of scheduled changes.
Filing orders, petitions, legal publications, supplements, updates, federal registers, court reports, Attorney General opinions and other legal documents according to established system.
Establishing a filing system that allows easy utilization of case files, legal reference sources, and other documentation.
Organizing and maintaining documentation files and law libraries.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education and Experience: Education equivalent to graduation from an accredited college, university, or professional school with one of the following: (1) an associate’s degree in paralegal or legal assistant studies; (2) a bachelor’s degree in paralegal or legal assistant studies; (3) a Paralegal Certificate; or (4) one year (28 semester hours) of graduate level law school.
OR
Education equivalent to graduation from a standard high school and two years of full-time experience in researching legal issues and documenting findings to assist in building case files, settling legal disputes, and/or providing legal counsel to clients.
Pursuant to the State of Tennessee’s Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State’s policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person’s race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran’s status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.
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Title: Paralegal
Company: The Law Offices of David R. Okrent
Location: Huntington Station, NY
