New

Legal Assistant

22nd Century Technologies, Inc.
$24.24/hr. on W2 without benef
United States, New Jersey, Newark
Nov 06, 2025
Job Title: Legal Assistant Location: Newark NJ 07102 Duration: 06+ months Pay Rate: $24.24/hr. on W2 without benefits Work hours: 9:00 to 5:00 Dress Code: Business Casual Job Description: Provides secretarial /paralegal assistance to agency executives in legal environments who have complex program or operational responsibilities. Performs research, management, and case investigative work. Drafts affidavits, pleadings, briefs, and interrogatories. Prepares exhibit books. Reads and summarizes depositions for trial use. Responds to plaintiff's discovery requests. Interview witnesses and defendants to prepare for trial. Uses a word processing system to key, proofread, and edit letters, memoranda, briefs, pleadings, expense, travel, and miscellaneous forms from handwritten drafts, dictation, and typed drafts. Takes and transcribes legal dictation-types routine correspondence. Answers the telephone, takes messages, directs calls, receives clients, and distributes deliveries. Performs other assigned duties such as mail, creating case files and filing, completing and maintaining forms, and making travel arrangements. Considerable knowledge of the State and/or federal court systems, of legal case management, and litigation support techniques. Considerable knowledge of legal terminology, office / administrative management ability, with a variety of clerical/administrative duties. Ability to use word processing software/systems. Paralegal training or experience. Required Experience: Provides secretarial /paralegal assistance to agency executives in legal environments who have complex program or operational responsibilities. Required Skills: Ability to draft letters and memos. Skill in scanning documents. Experience with document preparation (briefs and complaints). Knowledge of e-filing procedures and packaging/mailing. Ability to schedule and manage meetings via Zoom and Teams. Proficiency in maintaining calendars. Capacity to handle confidential information. Skill in screening and routing calls.