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CITY OF COLTON LEGAL ASSISTANT Under general supervision, assists the City Attorney in the preparation of legal documents, correspondence, research, analysis, hearing and trial preparation, and tracking of legal cases; performs related duties as required. DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS: This class is assigned to the office of the City Attorney and is characterized by responsibility to provide a varied range of paraprofessional legal assistance to the City Attorney. Work performed is under the direction and technical review of the City Attorney. EXAMPLES OF DUTIES: Maintenance of legal calendar for all pending litigation matters, including general liability matters; responsible for management of City Attorney files and records; preparation of documents, including law and motion pleadings for writ of mandate matters to be handled directly by the City Attorney, including limited legal research and analysis; establishment of a system for monitoring Code Enforcement actions and pending matters to assure full coverage by City Attorney on an as -needed basis; finalization of ordinances and resolutions in City format; maintenance of systems within the City Attorney's office to assure full confidentiality of all work product and pending matters; coordination of work requests from the City Council and City departments and establishment of calendar system for such requests; monitoring and processing of outside legal services billings; preparation of quarterly reports of legal costs and allocation of City Attorney and outside counsel time; management of all time records and accounts on a matter -by -matter basis; draft correspondence; may assist in pre-trial case preparation; organizes, controls and prepares exhibits based on factual research; may review and summarize depositions and other legal documents; arranges for witnesses and informs them of substantive legal aspects of cases; prepares exhibit and trial notebooks; researches and analyzes law sources such as statutes, ordinances, court decisions, criminal pleadings, police reports, legal documents and articles; researches authorities and pertinent cases on specific points of law; analyzes elements of case with attorney to identify legal questions; abstracts pertinent case law for use in preparation of briefs; performs case status monitoring; files updates to West's Annotated Codes; prepares agenda titles; prepares agenda reports; follows up on agenda items or other matters with department directors, City Manager, and others, as directed; general clerical and telephone answering.