Legal Assistant

BCForward is currently looking for Legal Assistant in Phoenix, AZ 85004

Job Title: Legal Assistant

Location: Phoenix, AZ 85004

Duration: 5+ Month Contract

Shift: M-F 8:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Description

• The Appellate Services Administration (ASA) provides an administrative hearing and review process for approximately 45 programs
• administered by the Department of Economic Security (DES). Subject matter generally falls into three main categories: benefit eligibility and
• overpayment, licensing and certification of service providers, and claimant fraud.
• This position functions as a Legal Assistant to provide support to the Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) at the
• Appellate Services Administration (ASA). This function is mission critical, as ASA requires this position to review requests for an appeal, select exhibits for hearings, and distinguish between the different programs and issues of appeals to create packets that will be sent to all parties and used as exhibits in scheduled hearings with multiple parties.
• Primary duties for this position include verifying incoming appeals, retrieving accurate exhibits for a hearing, entering case documentation into
• appropriate repositories, assisting Administrative Law Judges with case research, interpreting necessary
• procedures for research and analysis of case files for hearings, and uploading legal decisions and dispositions for the
• department to take action on a case. This also includes scheduling the hearings for the ALJs and assisting customers with elevated docket calls.

Skills Required

• Organization and maintenance of confidential paper and electronic files;
• Arizona Public Assistance and Unemployment Insurance law, practices, and procedures; Customer service techniques and office security procedures; identification of complex legal issues with appeals in a timely manner. Analyzes jurisdiction, issues, etc. by reviewing images and paper documents per case. Create hearing packets for ALJs to use as exhibits during the procedural hearing.
• Determine the timeliness of the request for hearing and register additional issues as needed. Ensure incoming appeals meet noticing deadlines
• mandated by Federal and State laws. Research-related issues are elevated by legal support staff or referred by ALJs, ASA management or other DES Departments. Identify and correct errors and virtually print missing documents.
• Elevate appeals to the Board for Appeals as necessary. Enter notes into the case documentation repository.
• Timely and accurately process requests for postponements, withdrawals, and other requests by parties and ALJs.
• Adapt to prescribed procedures within the Administration, knowledge of the Administrative Procedures Act; Perform
• repetitive detailed work with a very high level of accuracy and speed; Concentrate and focus on complex and sometimes conflicting information from a variety of sources; Analyze and research complex case information observing confidentiality policies and making command decisions on
• assigning workload to meet legally mandated deadlines; Ability to work with customers and staff of various
• backgrounds, nationalities, and needs.

Experience Required

• English; speaking, writing, reading; Multi-task capabilities;
• Manage conflicting priorities and demands, knowledge of Google Apps (Gmail, Docs, Sheets), Adobe Acrobat;
• Operating various office equipment; Use of computer with multiple programs running simultaneously;
• Customer service techniques; Interpersonal skills to handle internal and external customer complaints and concerns.
• Effectively communicate (e.g. verbal, written, and reading) with internal and external customers, ALJs, coworkers, agency personnel, supervisors, and managers.
• Work with minimal supervision;
• Use critical thinking to analyze complex appeals requests, resolve conflicts between competing information, and extract and capture pertinent legal information.
• Case management systems (e.g. APS, Clear2There, Guide mainframe, HEAplus, AZTECS, CACTUS Portal);
• Office policies and procedures and handling sensitive data. Managing multiple computer programs at one time;
• Identifying appropriate legal documents in an imaging system to create and send out notices for hearings and create case files.

Benefits:

BCforward offers all eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to major medical, HSA, dental, vision, employer-provided group life, voluntary life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and 401k.

About BCforward:

Founded in 1998 on the idea that industry leaders needed a professional service, and workforce management expert, to fuel the development and execution of core business and technology strategies, BCforward is a Black-owned firm providing unique solutions supporting value capture and digital product delivery needs for organizations around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with an Offshore Development Center in Hyderabad, India, BCforward’s 6,000 consultants support more than 225 clients globally.

BCforward is a leading workforce solutions company connecting skilled professionals with top employers nationwide. We are committed to empowering careers through meaningful opportunities, professional growth, and exceptional support throughout the employment journey.