The salary range indicated in this announcement is based on the Employee/Employer retirement compensation schedule. An employer-only option is available at a reduced salary range. Generally, salaries start at the lowest level of a step 1 and increase with each year of service to the highest level of a step 10.

For more information on benefit and retirement programs, please see the sections below.
In order to receive consideration, applicants must indicate their availability for any work type, travel, and location requirements listed.

Legal Secretaries perform specialized secretarial duties for attorneys, administrative law judges, and/or hearings/appeals officers including preparing legal documents and correspondence; calendaring; maintaining records; and providing assistance on routine problems and inquiries which are not of a legal nature.

Incumbents possess a degree of knowledge and proficiency sufficient to perform work independently with little or no additional training. Legal Secretaries in the Office of the Attorney General perform highly specialized duties that are critical to the operations of the Attorney General's Office and the State of Nevada. Legal Secretaries support divisions specializing in all areas of law, including but not limited to civil, criminal, and complex litigation, in the state of Nevada and throughout the country, and therefore must possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform their duties competently, efficiently, without error and with minimal supervision.

Legal Secretary II positions in the Attorney General's Office support more than one Deputy Attorney General and could assist up to six, who represent the state in numerous courts, including: United States Supreme Court, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit Courts, Federal Bankruptcy Courts, Federal District Court of Nevada, Federal District Courts, Federal Multistate Litigation (MDL), Nevada Supreme Court, Nevada Court of Appeals, Nevada State District Courts, State District/Superior Courts, Nevada Justice Courts, Nevada Small Claims Courts, Nevada Municipal Courts, Grand Juries, Federal Administrative Bodies and hundreds of Nevada Administrative Bodies. Legal Secretaries in the Office of the Attorney General must have a level of expertise to perform all duties associated with the cases assigned to any division at any given time. Legal Secretaries are required to exercise independent thinking and make choices, determinations, and judgments while performing their duties and functions, keeping in mind that errors can cause severe and irreparable consequences for the state of Nevada. Knowledge of various court rules, procedures, electronic filing, case tracking, civil, criminal and administrative processes and procedures is required. Experience preparing legal documents and correspondence, calendaring and maintaining records, and preparing fiscal and travel related documents is required. The State of Nevada is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action in recruitment of its employees and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, domestic partnership, genetic information (GINA), or compensation and/or wages. *** THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ***

In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements: