Legal Assistant

Job Description:

Legal Assistant

Description

Pay Range: $51,308 - $60,000 annual compensation

Job Posting Closing on: Sunday, May 25, 2025

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities. Find out More!

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.

The Fort Worth City Attorney’s Office is a collegial team of legal professionals providing excellent legal service to the City of Fort Worth. As an in-house legal department, we practice in a wide range of civil and criminal law on behalf of and for the City, including general counsel, litigation, and prosecutorial areas. Local government is the form of government that is closest to the people and working for a well-managed city like Fort Worth gives meaning and purpose as you see the direct and positive impact your legal work has on improving the community. The City Attorney’s Office places strong emphasis on mentorship and career development and the majority of our attorneys receive in-house training for their positions. We highly value diversity and work life balance and we consistently strive to be a respectful and supportive work place with a great culture.

A Legal Assistant position is available with the Fort Worth City Attorney’s Office. This office is a team of legal professionals focused on providing consistent, excellent legal service and quality customer service to the City of Fort Worth. We strive to be a well-managed office that is proactive and integrated into the day-to-day activities of the City and to be recognized by our peers for exemplary professionalism and ethical behavioral.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associate degree from an accredited college with major course work in Business Administration, Public Administration, Office Administration, or related field.
• Two (2) years of increasingly responsible Legal Assistant experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong understanding of legal terminology, procedures and documentation.
• Knowledge of online court filing systems.
• Experience with Litigation.
• Experience with Employment Law.

The Legal Assistant job responsibilities include:

• Preparing legal documents and correspondence.
• Drafting answers, discovery responses, briefs, appendices, and other litigation pleadings.
• Drafting letter briefs, correspondence, and redacting documents in response to Public Information Requests.
• Maintaining physical and electronic files.
• Calculating and tracking deadlines.
• Arranging, scheduling, and confirming appointments, meetings, depositions, hearings, and court settings.
• Proof-reading/reviewing contracts, ordinances, resolutions, motions, briefs and other legal documents.
• Copying, scanning, answering telephones, and providing assistance to the general public and city staff.

Apply Now! Come be part of something special in Fort Worth.

Working Conditions:

Applicants for this position must pass a Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) fingerprint-based background check and maintain CJIS eligibility. Due to CJIS requirements related to system access, the following will result in being disqualified for this position: Felony Convictions, Felony Deferred Adjudication, Class A Misdemeanor Conviction, Class B Misdemeanor Convictions in the last 10 years, Class A Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication, Class B Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication in the last 10 years, an Open Arrest for Any Criminal Offense (Felony or Misdemeanor), and ALL Family Violence Convictions regardless of class.

Conditions of Employment

The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.

The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.

Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.