2 jobs found in Berkeley, CA

This posting states its location as Alameda County rather than a street address. The work is assigned within that county. Under the direction of a Legal Support Supervisor I or Supervisor I, the Legal Secretary provides secretarial support in a fast-paced legal office of the Legal Division. The Bay Area Legal Office is staffed with attorneys handling litigation and house counsel matters, investigators, paralegals, and administrative staff in the following major specialties of law: Tort, Construction Arbitration, Environmental, Contracts, Employment, Eminent Domain, Inverse Condemnation, other Real Property, legal opinions, and administrative matters. Traditionally each Legal Secretary is assigned to three to five attorneys or in a typing pool and may provide clerical support and assistance to other professional staff. Legal Secretaries may receive assignments for back-up purposes and provide assistance with overflow work. The Legal Secretary must be able to work in a team...

About the Position As a Legal Processor II in the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office Civil Bureau, you will be responsible for answering phone and email inquiries from the public and assisting in-person clients, processing a variety of legal and court documents, and communicating procedures and policies to attorneys, law enforcement, court personnel, and the general public. Additionally, this position is responsible for: Formatting complex forms and documents for court  Distributing time-sensitive documents and forms to all parties involved in a case Importing documents and entering data into a central database Noticing parties for hearings (including complicated adoption hearings) Answering questions regarding the work coming to/through the unit Adhering to strict deadlines What You Bring As the ideal candidate for this position, you are a positive and proactive team player who possesses: Basic accounting experience...