Appellate Court Assistant

POSITION INFORMATION

Job Code: R41710

Full Time Salary Range: $50,371.68 - $73,038.12

FLSA Status:
Non-Exempt

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The Judicial Department works to provide equal access to justice, contribute to public safety, and strengthen the rule of law across Colorado. Together our courts and probation departments are committed to impartial and timely dispute resolution; support for families, litigants, and victims; client rehabilitation; and meaningful community engagement.

Provides specialized legal administrative support for staff attorneys and judges at the Court of Appeals. Provides legal secretarial support, including creating and finalizing documents, calendaring, workflow coordination and follow-up. Tracks and maintains information on staff attorney office cases. Provides administrative and technical support for senior judges. Compiles data and prepares periodic reports.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function listed below satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Frequency and percentage of time may vary based on assignment.

• Provides specialized administrative support for staff attorneys and judges.
• Establishes and drafts templates, captions, opinion, and other documentation for case work. Edits and proofreads artifacts. Helps distributes work products for calendaring and chamber distribution.
• Manages case work for staff attorneys. Organizes case lists, coordinates workflow, tracks progress, and follows up to ensure timely competition of tasks. Communicates progress across chambers and staffs.
• Creates and presents routine program and statistical reports. Briefs and communicates on behalf senior staff attorney leadership teams.
• Assists with onboarding and other Human Resources activities for staff attorneys. Provides technical assistance with PowerPoint, Excel, and SharePoint.
• Supports the Court of Appeals Clerk’s Office, as necessary. Issues mandates to trial courts on completed appeals.
• Coordinates the quarterly Public Access Committee meeting. Organizes all logistics and distributes invitations. Collects and responds to questions from the public. Assists with preparing an agenda. Records and distributes meeting minutes.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job has no responsibility for the direction or supervision of others.

Work requires regular interaction involving exchange and receipt of information. Interactions have limited impact.

Employee normally perform assignments after receiving general instructions as to methods, procedures, and desired end results. There is some opportunity for discretion when making selections among a few, easily identifiable choices. The assignment is usually reviewed upon completion. Impact of actions are significant.

Work requires comprehensive, practical knowledge of work processes. Incumbent can complete a broad range of work, sometimes complex, without frequent reference to others. Likely impact on organization is standard.

Position has no fiscal responsibility.

• High school diploma or G.E.D.
• OR
• Additional work experience in these or other related fields may be substituted on a year for year basis for the required formal education.

1 to 3 years of experience in a paralegal or administrative field.

None.

Sedentary Work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally.

Good-Relatively free from unpleasant environmental conditions and/or hazards.

Office or similar indoor environment.

Individuals who are hostile or irate.