Senior Legal Assistant

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  Senior Legal Assistant
• Job Title: Legal Assistant IV
• Agency: Health & Human Services Comm
• Department: Chief Counsel
• Posting Number: 22319
• Closing Date: 10/26/2026
• Posting Audience: Internal and External
• Occupational Category: Legal
• Salary Range: $4,801.16- $7,761.50
• Pay Frequency: Monthly
• Salary Group: TEXAS-B-22
• Shift: Day
• Telework: Eligible for Telework
• Travel: Up to 10%
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• Full Time/Part Time: Full time
• FLSA Exempt/Non-Exempt: Nonexempt

• Job Location City: AUSTIN
• Job Location Address: 4601 W GUADALUPE ST
• Other Locations: MOS Codes: ,,270A,27D,5J0X1,LN,YN,YNS

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) Office of Inspector General (OIG) seeks an experienced, innovative legal assistant with advanced litigation support skills to join the Chief Counsel Division. The Legal Assistant IV performs highly advanced (senior-level) paralegal work for attorneys in the Litigation section. The position provides substantive, procedural, analytical, and technical support to attorneys handling complex administrative enforcement actions, contested cases, sanctions matters, and related agency proceedings.

The work involves researching, analyzing, and investigating legal and factual issues; drafting and editing legal documents; coordinating discovery; utilizing eDiscovery systems; maintaining case records; hearing preparation; and calendar management. Maintains responsibility for an active caseload.

May serve as team lead, train, and mentor legal staff. Assists Chief Counsel leadership with various administrative matters.

Works under the limited supervision of the Chief Counsel Office Manager, with extensive latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.

• Manages and prioritizes attorney caseloads. Schedules and coordinates meetings, depositions, hearings, interviews, and training events. Monitors and calendars deadlines. Organizes case files and maintains information in case management system. (20%)
• Conducts investigatory and legal research. Reviews and analyzes case files, including investigation files and healthcare records. Researches and analyzes legal source. Prepares synopses and summaries of complex legal and factual issues. (20%)
• Drafts, edits, cite-checks, formats, and finalizes legal documents. Prepares reports, spreadsheets, and presentations. Performs substantive proofreading for accuracy, clarity, grammar, punctuation, spelling, formatting, and consistency. Verifies that all facts, citations, quotations, and references are accurate and follow the correct citation style. Ensures that all documents are in proper form, in accordance with agency and legal formatting standards, and court or agency requirements.
  
  Provides professional work product within established time frames. (15%)
• Coordinates discovery, including the drafting, responding to, and calendaring of written discovery, subpoenas, and depositions. Utilizes eDiscovery platforms (currently Relativity aiR) and litigation support technology tools manage electronic records. Oversees incoming and outgoing productions. Assists with document review, preparing privilege and production logs, redaction, Bates labeling, and preparing documents for production. (15%)
• Prepares attorneys for and attends internal and external meetings, witness interviews, depositions, and hearings. Communicates with providers, opposing counsel, agency and court personnel, and other stakeholders. Prepares summaries and meeting notes. Dockets cases and files legal documents with agencies and courts. Manages hearing and trial preparation activities. Coordinates witnesses. Prepares evidence, exhibits, affidavits, binders, and other documents. (15%)
• Assists Chief Counsel leadership with projects, to include but not be limited to participating in work groups and preparing statistical and operational reports. Develops litigation procedures, reference materials, and job aids. Utilizes…