Legal Assistant Senior - 22nd Century Technologies, Inc.
Newark, NJ
About the Job
Duration: 09+ Months
Job Description:
- Provides secretarial /paralegal assistance to agency executives in legal environments who have complex programs or operational responsibilities.
- Performs research, management, and case investigative work.
- Drafts affidavits, pleadings, briefs, and interrogatories.
- Prepares exhibit books.
- Reads and summarizes depositions for trail use.
- Interviews witnesses and defendants to prepare for the trial.
- Uses word processing system to key, proofread and edit letters, memoranda, briefs, pleadings, expenses,
- travel and miscellaneous forms from handwritten drafts, dictation, and t typed drafts.
- Takes and transcribes legal dictation.
- Types of routine correspondence.
- Answers telephone, take messages, directs calls, receives clients, and distributes deliveries.
- Performs other assigned duties such as mail, creating case files and filing, completing and maintaining forms, and making travel arrangements.
- Considerable knowledge of the State and/or federal court systems, of legal case management, and litigation support techniques.
- Considerable knowledge of legal terminology, and office / administrative management ability with a variety of clerical/administrative duties.
- Ability to use word processing software/systems.
- Paralegal training or experience.
About our Company: -
22nd Century Technologies, Inc., is one of the fastest growing IT Service Integrator and Workforce Solution companies in the United States. Founded in 1997, 22nd Century Technologies is a Certified National Minority Business Enterprise with 6,000+ people including 600+ Cyber SMEs nationwide supporting our customers in all 50 states, Canada, and Mexico. With HQs in Somerset, NJ and Mclean, VA, 22nd Century has 14 offices throughout the United States. As part of our unrelenting focus on quality and compliance, 22nd Century Technologies’ delivery is based on Certified Matured Processes including CMMI L3 Dev & SVC, ISO 20000, ISO 27001, and ISO 9001 quality processes. With a strong focus on the public sector, 22nd Century currently holds government contracts with 14 out of 15 Federal Executive agencies including DoD, 37 other Federal agencies, 50 States, 115+ Local agencies, and 37 School Districts. In the last three years, we have expanded our services to Fortune 500 and other commercial clients and currently support 80+ commercial clients.
Recognized among “Best Company to Work For” by Forbes, 22nd Century Technologies, Inc., consistently exceeds our clients’ expectations by focusing on their absolute satisfaction with jobs while keeping our employees motivated.
“22nd Century Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer" and “US Citizens & all other parties authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply."
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.