Legal Secretary Dependency and Mental Health

Join our team!  Exceptional benefits and competitive salary!                                                                                                                                                                                    
 

Are you an organized and detailed orientated individual that would like to make a meaningful impact in the legal field? If so we, have the perfect opportunity for you!

Position:  Legal Secretary – Dependency/Mental Health (Full-time) 

Location:  San Francisco City Attorney’s Office, San Francisco, CA 

Why should you join us?  At the City Attorney’s Office, 

we value our employees who go above and beyond!

We offer 

• Competitive salary - $92,508 to $112,425 

• Generous pension plan – The City/County of San Francisco maintains a pension plan 

• Health & Wellness benefits – Prioritize your physical & mental health 

• Paid time off – work life balance matters! 

• Professional development – grow your career with educational resources 

• Modern workplace – work in a supportive professional environment equipped with the tools you need to succeed! 

Job duties include 

• Ensures compliance with the court orders regarding discovery  provided to adverse attorneys – typically three per case in nearly 800 dependency cases.   Coordinates with agency client and vendor to ensure document productions.  Verifies vendor invoices are accurate.  Organizes and maintains a spreadsheet to ensure requests/orders are provided in a timely fashion and communicates with individual protective services workers to provide notice of discovery production orders.  

• Handles opening, closing, and calendaring of cases in calendaring program.    Ensures court notes from every court hearing are maintained in document management system.  

• Communicates with agency clients and gathers necessary court reports/documents/calendars for all court hearings.

• Receives/retrieves all filed documents from court and scans and renames per the Team’s naming convention.  Maintains electronic case files. Coordinates with the agency client’s Court Office ensuring sharing of all court documents.

• Receives all interview and warrant requests (approximately 60 warrant requests per month) from the agency client.  Identifies assigned attorney to handle request.  Formats shells for the declarations and drafts the warrant portion.  Communicates with the protective services worker to ensure necessary information is received in support of the request.  Proof-reads declarations and obtains necessary signature to submit to the court.  Monitors warrant request until court has approved it and provides the approved documents to the agency client and assigned attorney.

• Formats and proof-reads appeals for dependency and mental health cases. Marks and creates Tables of Authorities and Contents.  Prepares POS and serves all parties (e.g., via TrueFiling, electronic mail, and regular mail).  Monitors the Team’s appellate website for all correspondences, includes downloading and cataloging all appellate filings and monitoring deadlines by organizing and maintaining a detailed spreadsheet.  If necessary, drafts simple motions (e.g., Motions to Augment and Extensions of Time).    

• Opens and appropriately distributes all mail.

How to Qualify:  You’ll need two (2) years of verifiable experience as a legal secretary typing legal documents including petitions, motions, briefs, complaints and other legal forms and the ability to type 55 net WPM. 

To apply:  Send your resume to https://careers.sf.gov/role/?id=3743990007057858 

The easiest closed date is March 25, 2025. 

Ready to take the next step? We’re excited to welcome the next member of our team!