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Legal Assistant 1, Trainee 1 & 2

Remote, USA Full-time Posted 2026-06-20

The New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General is seeking a Legal Assistant 1, Trainee 1 or 2 to support their Office of Counsel. The role involves assisting in legal case management, conducting legal research, preparing legal documents, and providing administrative support.

Responsibilities

  • Provide extensive assistance to Attorneys in a busy professional legal office that handles administrative hearings and litigation
  • Conduct legal research using Westlaw, Federal Court Pacer, NY Courts E-Filing and legal source materials such as statutes, rules and regulations
  • Assist in the review and redaction of documents pursuant to FOIL
  • Review litigation documents such as summons and complaints, motions, affidavits and agency determinations; draft and assemble legal documents (stipulations of settlement, hearing exhibits, legal correspondence, judgments, subpoenas, etc.)
  • Respond to inquiries from agency division staff and the public
  • Provide administrative/clerical support (such as processing mail, scanning, copying, scheduling meetings, answering phone calls and taking messages, typing, and filing)
  • Develop and create project plans to manage and facilitate agency legal activities related to work on budget, legislative and regulatory reviews

Skills

  • High school or high school equivalency diploma AND one year of clerical, administrative, or paraprofessional experience for Legal Assistant Trainee 1
  • Two years of full-time experience as a Paralegal/Legal Assistant for Legal Assistant 1
  • Possession of an associate's degree (or higher) in a paralegal/legal assistant program OR a certificate in a paralegal/legal assistant program where either the degree or certificate was granted from a regionally accredited college or university, or college or university accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS), or one approved by the American Bar Association (ABA) for transfer to Legal Assistant 1
  • Completion of all of the coursework requirements for the Legal Assistant traineeship for transfer to Legal Assistant 1
  • Currently reachable on the appropriate eligible list for this title, eligible under the 55 b/c program, or eligible to transfer to this title under Section 70.1 or 70.4 of the Civil Service Law

Company Overview

  • The mission of the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General is to improve the efficiency and accountability of the New York State Medicaid program by preventing and detecting fraudulent, wasteful and abusive practices within the Medicaid program. It was founded in undefined, and is headquartered in Albany, US, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is http://www.omig.ny.gov.
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