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As a Paralegal within the Government Advice and Elected Officials Practice Group of the Civil Services Division, your primary focus involves assisting and working with attorneys assigned to the dozens of County clients/departments providing legal advice and representation on issues ranging from statutory authority, procurement, open meeting law, and public records law, among many other legal issues. There are also opportunities to assist other Division attorneys, as assigned. The Civil Services Division of the Maricopa County Attorney's Office serves as a law firm that provides legal representation and advice to the Maricopa County government, including its elected officials, departments, and employees. Our work involves defending legal actions, lawsuits, and claims brought against County entities, including Section 1983, tort, election, and tax litigation. We also provide legal advice to County officials on a variety of public law topics. Additionally, we process public records requests for the Maricopa County Attorney. Our division has four practice groups: Litigation; Government Advice & Elected Officials; Human Resources, Behavioral Health, & Probate Group; and Appeals, Election Law, Public Records, & Tax. With this opening, the Civil Services Division is looking to add one Paralegal to its Government Advice and Elected Officials Practice Group. Job Contributions include producing well-written initial drafts of pleadings, motions, briefs, affidavits, memos, discovery requests, and responses, reports, and correspondence, as assigned; utilizing computerized research tools; assisting attorneys with client communications, witness interviews, depositions, civil court rules and proceedings, and trial/hearing preparation, including preparation of witness summaries, organization of exhibits, securing evidence and documentation, deposition abstracts, subpoenas, and witness notifications; assisting attorneys in compiling annotations, indexes, and provisions of statutes, cases, and administrative decisions; filing pleadings, motions, etc., with courts and tribunals as needed; reviewing, organizing, indexing, and Bates stamping pertinent documents for disclosure/discovery and for use in courts and tribunals; analyzing, organizing, reviewing, and verifying records and other documents obtained through the discovery process; assisting in updating and maintaining the database/case management system; organizing and maintaining documents in paper and/or electronic filing system; performing legal and factual research; reviewing and editing documents for accuracy. Working conditions include office setting in high volume, fast-paced environment with frequent stressful situations, may require long periods of sitting while completing paperwork, standing and moving about while performing duties, ability to travel to and from various county locations for court appearances, meetings, and training, using personal or county-owned vehicles, ability to move up to 20 pounds floor to waist and pushing/pulling up to 20 pounds a distance of up to 100 feet. Upon completion of a successful 6-month period after hire, employees are eligible to telework up to 16 hours per week with supervisor approval. The ability to telework is dependent upon the employee’s position and business need.