Eastern District of Washington
Location
- Spokane, WA
Summary description:
Legal Assistants (Office Automation) are responsible for supporting Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) by providing a variety of legal assistance and office support services. Work requires knowledge of the processes, procedures, and practices of legal support activities in conjunction with a knowledge of clerical skills, and an ability to apply these skills to increase the effectiveness of the assigned AUSA.
Job description:
Duties include:• Examining, preparing and processing a variety of technical legal documents, e.g., complaints, motions, orders, answers, pleadings, subpoenas, and libels;• Proofreading and cite checking legal brief s, memoranda, and other legal documents;• Providing assistance to attorneys in trial preparation by conducting non-complex research of litigation, statutes, regulations and court cases;• Assembling exhibits, affidavits, and other legal documents;• Assembling and organizing files and records material f or disposition or transfer to records depository;• Maintaining calendar of assigned active cases;• Tracking filing, hearing, and trials dates, and scheduling conference and interviews;• Arranging travel by preparing itinerary and securing transportation and hotel reservations;• Producing a variety of written documents and materials using a wide range of office software applications.
Eligibility factors:
Washington
Typical pay $63K – $101K/yr
Median pay: $79K/yr
What Paralegals and Legal Assistants typically earn in Washington — from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data (May 2025). It's the going rate for this line of work, not this employer's offer.CareerPCS publishes these benchmarks with explicit limits so they are not mistaken for an employer offer or a prediction.Read the salary methodology