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Legal Assistant (OA)
Internal Revenue Service · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
With nearly 1,700 attorneys, IRS Chief Counsel is the largest tax law firm nationwide. Our attorneys are among top tax law practitioners and some of the very best legal minds found anywhere. Together with the IRS, we serve the public by applying the tax code with fairness and integrity. After pausing hiring in 2025, we now seek new law graduates and experienced attorneys to join us. Click to learn more: IRS Office of Chief Counsel Careers Site Meet Our People Learn about our Legal Divisions
What You'll Do
- →As a Legal Assistant (Office Automation (OA)), you will: Perform a variety of clerical, technical, and administrative tasks while providing legal support to attorneys and paralegals.
- →Practice areas may include general litigation, tax litigation, criminal tax, and advisory services.
- →Utilize basic office software such as Outlook (including eFax), Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Desktop Publishing, Access, SharePoint, and Adobe Acrobat to prepare legal documents and correspondence.
- →Establish and maintain a variety of files and documents, correspondence, and other material, cross-references files when necessary.
- →Supplements files when completely new material must be added, and revises files for better arrangement.
- →Assists in the maintenance of the closed case file.
- →Prepare and assemble documents, including necessary transmittal forms and envelopes, in accepted office format pursuant to court rules for timely mailing, submission to courts and service of others as appropriate.
- →File Chief Counsel, Justice Department, and U.S.
- →Attorney court pleadings and follows steps to document that they have been filed or logged with the appropriate recipient.
- →Review outgoing correspondence and documents to ensure proper signature and conformance to style and format requirements and procedural instructions, and necessary attachments and enclosures.
- →Open all cases related to functional area.
- →Review mail related to the assigned functional area and inputs the appropriate tracking data into case management information systems.
- →The incumbent must also note all expiration dates to ensure information reflects the current status of the cases.
- →Receive visitors and phone calls.
Requirements
- ✓For positions with an education requirement, or if you are qualifying for this position by substituting education or training for experience, submit a copy of your transcripts or equivalent.
- ✓An official transcript will be required if you are selected.
- ✓A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education.
- ✓For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to Department of Education Accreditation page.
- ✓If you are qualifying based on foreign education, you must submit proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency.
- ✓For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html
Personality Fit
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