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HIRING LITIGATION LEGAL ASSISTANT- Full-Time

Join Our Experienced Winning Team

PLEASE ONLY APPLY AFTER REVIEWING THIS ENTIRE JOB POSTING

PLEASE ONLY APPLY AFTER FULLY REVIEWING THIS JOB POSTING, WITH A ONE-PAGE RESUME AND TARGETED COVER LETTER

This position is immediately available as of July 31, 2026

Join our great team, where you will be well trained to perform great and rewarding litigation legal assistant work.

This is a great and rare opportunity with a top-rated and constantly winning Fairfax trial lawyer,. The vast majority of our work is DUI (driving under the influence) defense, drug defense, assault defense, and sex crime defense (plus many other areas of criminal defense). (No matter how harsh are the criminal charges against our presumed-innocent clients, our clients ordinarily are very respectful and grateful for our pursuing their best defense.)

What makes this a great career opportunity? You will do meaningful and stimulating work for people, protecting their civil liberties as a valued team member, trained for success for days that go fast with never a dull moment. The great results we repeatedly obtain have a long-lasting positive impact on the lives of our clients and their familiies.

What makes this career opportunity rare? It is safe to say that a person can count on one hand the number of law firms in Northern Virginia that have a lawyer (here owner Jon Katz) who has successfully taken hundreds of cases to trial; has completed the essential and highly application-competitive Trial Lawyers College (where Jon Katz for four weeks repeatedly engaged with extraordinarily persuasive lawyer Gerry Spence at his Wyoming ranch) and two-week Trial Practice Institute of the National Criminal Defense College; together with being a member of the National College for DUI Defense (or its equivalent), and having been trained by one of the top police trainers on conducting field sobriety testing (FST) on people who have consumed alcohol.

We are a client-centered and heart-centered law firm pursuing the best defense for our clients. We fully prepare each case to proceed to both negotiations and to trial if negotiations are not sufficiently fruitful. Jon pursues the Getting to Yes negotiating approach, and the persuasive approach (for negotiating and trials) of compelling storytelling, scene setting and psychodrama.

If the above resonates with you, please read on...

What do we seek in a successful applicant? The successful applicant will align with our core values, will value working as a team in pursuing our clients' best defense, and will ascribe to the importance of strong and professional communication, full organization, loyalty to our clients and firm, and productivity and promptness with work (COLPP).

Be part of the sense of rewarding accomplishment that starts with helping lift the burden from our clients' shoulders, often with great court results. The work here is meaningful, rewarding, and life changing to so many of our clients. The day goes fast, with plenty of invigorating and exciting work.

If you have what it takes to be a successful legal assistant, let us hear from you. Not just with a resume sent with one mouse click, but with a targeted cover letter that tells us what resonates for you about this job, who you are as a person, your professional goals, and some of the great contributions you can make in this position.

This Is Fast-Paced Work, Like Helping In A Hospital Emergency Room

The great results we get in court stem from smart, focused, and efficient work. We seek driven applicants with warm hearts, street smarts, and a strong work ethic. You will have great opportunities to interact with our clients, our experienced staff, Jon Katz, court personnel and many others.

We Seek People With College Experience Or The Equivalent, You Will Be Well Trained.

We seek applicants with the right street smarts and intelligence, with college experience or equivalent intellectual ability. We will train you well. We seek applicants who will succeed and thrive, and we will contribute to your success.

More About This Job

Key duties of this career opportunity include working well as a team and individually

Work 40 hours minimum weekly within our regular 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. workday, running Monday through Friday

Engage in substantial contact with clients, court personnel, and prosecution personnel.

Handle fast-paced, dynamic work, giving full attention to detail and each project objective. The day goes fast.

Draft and file court documents and correspondence advancing our clients' Constitutional rights and civil liberties.

Be trained on and use Westlaw legal research software

Assist with such marketing as newsletters, podcasts, guides, and social media

Have a good phone manner, kindness and affability

Discuss case preparation and strategy with Jon Katz and staff

Touch type with a minimum 35 words per minute.

Handle MS Word, G-Suite/G-Mail, Google Calendar, Google Voice text messaging, Dropbox, Mailchimp, Docusign, and online court docketing review

Have a car to drive to nearby courthouses when needed.

What pay, benefits, and rewards do our employees get?

We pay and train to retain. We include paid vacation time, annual leave time, and paid federal holidays. On top of that is the priceless leg up you will get in learning client- and heart-centered customer service, extraordinary persuasion, outstending negotiations, and fearlessly able trial performance.

Onsite parking is free. Our office across the street from the Fairfax courthouse is spacious, beautiful, and comfortable, with premium coffee, spring water, and snacks.

You will have substantial and meaningful contact with clients, witnesses, opposing counsel, and courthouse staff. Our clients are good, presumed-innocent people who often are charged with crimes for the first and only times in their lives, and we work hard for them obtain as much victory as possible and to get on with their lives.

Are You Ready To Jumpstart Your Career?

ONLY SEEKING APPLICATIONS WITH A COVER LETTER THAT ANSWERS THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

Please only apply for this position if you meet our above-listed qualifications, and if this job speaks to you, your drive, and your ability.

Please email us (only in pdf format) your one-page resume and targeted cover letter to the email address in our job posting at https://katzjustice.com/jobs/legal-assistant-fairfax-full-time . Among the information we seek in your cover letter is what county you live in, what inspired you to apply for this great opportunity, and confirmation that you have a car for driving to courthouses in nearby counties (which is more often occasional than not).

Please let us call you before you call or visit us. Employment agencies are asked to refrain from contacting us; we wish to directly hear only from candidates.

AGAIN, PLEASE ASSURE YOUR APPLICATION INCLUDES A RESUME, AND A COVER LETTER THAT ANSWERS THE ABOVE QUESTIONS

We are fully devoted to Equal Employment Opportunity.

Thank you in advance for taking the time to apply.

Top-rated criminal defense law firm providing top-notch service to criminal and DUI defendants, pursuing their best defense.