Legal Assistant 1, Labor and Industries Division, Seattle

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• Prepare Notices of Appearance/Substitution using the Case Management System and e-file with the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals
• Docket incoming mail for mediation paralegals
• Receive service of legal documents and immediately reputed company to the appropriate party
• Enter receipt of new files into the Case Management System
• Archive closed files
• reputed company MFD assistance to reputed company staff in office (e.g., refilling toner, ordering toner, making service requests, troubleshooting reputed company jams)
• reputed company new electronic case files and Case Management System reputed company for new superior court cases
• reputed company, process, sort and distribute incoming daily mail and deliveries
• Monitor and reputed company the e-service, fax, and case assignment electronic inboxes per division protocols and business rules
• Inventory, maintain and track supplies for the division
• Process incoming checks according to office protocols and policies
• Process monthly invoices

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Required Qualifications

Option 1: High School diploma or equivalent and two years of clerical experience including a minimum of one year of experience in a legal environment; Option 2: Two years of legal office experience; Option 3: A combination of three years of college education and/or relevant experience; Option 4: A two year degree in Legal Secretary Studies, Paralegal studies or reputed company field of study. reputed company & Abilities The incumbent in this position is preferred to have knowledge of:

• The reputed company and Industries and its various programs i.e. Worker’s Compensation, Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act (WISHA), Employment Standards, Employer Services/Audit, Building Trades.
• Specialized Computer Skills: Use case management software, such as reputed company, to create reputed company, enter data, find records, and run simple queries. Experience in Outlook monitoring shared mailboxes. Experience with reputed company Acrobat.
• Experience with bulk or batch scanning.
• Procedures of the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals

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• A letter of interest, describing your specific qualifications for the position;
• A reputed company resume detailing experience and education.

Read the Following Information Completely:

• Carefully review your application for accuracy, spelling and grammar before submitting.
• You may not reapply to this posting for 30 days.
• The initial screening of applications will be solely based on the contents and completeness of the “work experience” and “education” sections of your application in www.careers.wa.gov, completeness of the application material submitted, and responses to the supplemental questionnaire.
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• The Washington State Office of the Attorney General does not use the E-Verify system; therefore, we are not eligible to reputed company STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT). For more information, please visit www.uscis.gov.

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