Legal Clerk - Fact Witness Contractor

Overview

Schedule: Monday-Friday, Flexible Weekday Hours Between 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Part-Time: 20 hours/week

Job Order : 209582

Your Day-to-Day Tasks will be:

• Initiate contact/notify fact witnesses concerning travel arrangements, appearance date/time, and determine any special circumstances or needs of the fact witness.
• Receive visitors, field phone calls, questions, and other inquiries from fact witnesses seeking information pertaining to court, pre-trial conferences, grand jury appearances and expense reimbursement.
• Meet with fact witnesses upon arrival at a designated hearing or pre-trial conference, offer and perform courtroom orientation, accompany witnesses to court, ensure a safe waiting area is available, and collect necessary documentation and signatures for fact witness reimbursement documents.
• Complete and submit proper documentation for special authorizations and obtain prior approval before proceeding with travel arrangements.
• Prepare and submit documentation for fact witness reimbursement
• Obtain information, confer, and coordinate with the Court, Probation, Pretrial, U.S. Marshals Service, investigative agencies, and other counterparts, when necessary.
• Perform additional duties as assigned

• Health and Welfare benefits, sick, paid-time-off and 11 paid holidays.

• Experience performing word processing and data entry/retrieval
• Experience preparing and formatting reports
• Experience schedule appointments and arranging travel
• Experience in a legal environment a plus
• US Citizen who has lived in the U.S. three out of the last five years
• Ability to pass an in-depth criminal background check and credit check (no collections or recent bankruptcies).
• Ability to pass a drug screen

Diverse Staffing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity, protected veteran status or other protected status. Diverse Staffing is committed to providing jobs for veterans transitioning to civilian life.