Overview
PARALEGAL – 80031 Jobs in Nashville, TN at Attorney General’s Office
Executive Service
PARALEGAL
Office of the TN Attorney General and Reporter
Multiple Divisions
Nashville, TN
Annual Salary: $50,000.00 – $60,000.00
Closing Date: 08/19/2026
Our employees can have two remote working days per week after six months of employment
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:
The Tennessee Attorney General and Reporter represents all State executives, officials, departments, boards, agencies, and commissions in matters arising from their public duties. Such representation includes participation in litigation, transactional matters, and giving day-to-day legal advice to a wide variety of State entities. The Attorney General’s Office employs approximately 200 attorneys organized into 21 regular divisions within 6 sections.
Key Responsibilities:
- Maintain and regularly update case calendar deadlines/notes/status, produce pleadings and proposed orders for attorney review
- Review form documents for clerical errors/mistakes
- Formatting and finalizing preparation of briefs ‘ including preparation of table of contents/table of authorities, preparation of exhibits/attachments for filings, and case citation verification (and hyperlinks if appropriate)
- File documents electronically, by mail, or via facsimile to the appropriate courts
- Maintain electronic case files and data, keep detailed notes on electronic case management system
- Discovery for lawsuits: including electronic discovery review and reports, subpoena, deposition scheduling/summaries, witness coordination, written discovery and other related tasks
- Assistance with incoming and outgoing mail, travel arrangements, invoices, expense reports, reimbursements, closing cases and physical and electronic files, archiving cases
- Administrative weekly, monthly, annual reports for attorney review
- Trial preparation tasks (exhibit binders, coordination of witnesses) and attendance
- Westlaw and/or Lexis research
- Rulemaking review and coordination with clients for final rules
- Other responsibilities as determined by the deputy
Minimum Qualifications:
- Four-year degree or paralegal certification
- Proficiency preferred for advanced use of Word, Excel, and Adobe
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.
Title: PARALEGAL – 80031
Company: Attorney General’s Office
Location: Nashville, TN
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