Full-Time
Legal Support Specialist
Posted on 12/17/2025
Maricopa County
1,001-5,000 employees
Public county government delivering local services
Compensation Overview
$21 - $35/hr
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Hybrid
Hybrid work is available after six months, based on business needs.
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- Two years of experience in a legal setting and knowledge of legal documents and proceedings
- High school diploma or GED
- Successful completion of a post-secondary secretarial training program, a paralegal training program, or post-secondary education may substitute for up to one year of the experience requirement
- Under the direction of deputy county attorneys, assist with the preparation and filing of correspondence, legal documents, and briefs
- Type and prepare petitions and related charging documents
- File documents with the court
- Create and maintain case files
- Enter and retrieve case information from various databases
- Utilize external databases to access and retrieve criminal history and case information
- Pull case files for court calendars
- Photocopy/scan discovery, probation materials, and other documents/materials
- Redact documents for disclosure/discovery
- Schedule interviews with victims and witnesses
- Retrieve and distribute electronic pleadings and minute entries
- Hand deliver and pick up documents on and off-site
- Pick up, sort, and distribute incoming and outgoing mail
- Answer multi-line telephone, screen and transfer calls, take messages, answer general information questions from the public, other County departments, and outside agencies, receive and greet incoming visitors
- Maintain conference room reservation calendar
- Preference may be given to applicants with previous Maricopa County Attorney's Office experience, a certificate of completion from an accredited secretarial school, a legal secretary training program, or to those with work experience in a public or private law firm as a legal secretary
Maricopa County operates as a county government serving residents in one of the fastest-growing areas in the United States. It provides public services and programs to improve people’s lives both now and in the long term, covering areas like public safety, health, housing, transportation, and community development. The “product” is the set of government services and programs delivered to residents, businesses, and visitors, and how they are accessed—through county offices, websites, hotlines, and in-person service centers. These services are funded by taxes and fees and are managed by elected officials and county staff who implement policy and run daily operations. The county works to deliver reliable services efficiently, with emphasis on transparency, accessibility, and responsiveness to community needs. The goal is to create a safe, healthy, and thriving community for current residents and future generations.
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1,001-5,000
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Headquarters
Phoenix, Arizona
Founded
1871
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Overnight cooling centers expand in Chandler and Phoenix targeting vulnerable populations.
- 211 Arizona offers 24-hour service with automated menus boosting heat emergency access.
- Cody Reim appointed to state House advancing water infrastructure and subdivision regulations.
What critics are saying
- Runbeck Election Services mishandles ballots prompting FBI subpoenas and DOJ probes.
- Harmeet Dhillon exposes unclean voter rolls violating federal laws triggering overhauls.
- Republican probes into 200,000 mismatched signatures lead to state election takeover.
What makes Maricopa County unique
- Maricopa County reduces heat deaths 29% from 608 in 2024 to 430 in 2025 via Heat Relief Network.
- Clear Channel donates billboards reaching 220 million impressions for heat relief messaging.
- MCDPH launches Health Alert Network connecting providers and first responders.
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Sedona sues community group striving to preserve cultural park. A Save Sedona member lobbies an individual to sign the "Sedona Cultural Park Preservation" petition on Jan. 20, 2026. (VVN/file/Olivia Maillet) SEDONA - The City of Sedona filed a lawsuit against Maricopa and Yavapai County representatives and recorders, as well as the Save Sedona Committee, seeking clarification about an initiative to appear on the November ballot. The "Sedona Cultural Park Preservation Act" initiative seeks to restrict residential development on Cultural Park land and was filed on March 19. It will appear as Proposition 403 on the ballot. The residential development concerns the 41-acre Western Gateway property, where the city aims to build 200-300 housing units. General Assignment Reporter
Cody Reim appointed to replace Chaplik in LD3. Key points: * The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors unanimously appointed Cody Reim to replace former state Rep. Joe Chaplik in the state House * County Supervisor Thomas Galvin motioned to appoint Reim and the other supervisors deferred to him * Reim's priorities at the Legislature will focus on water issues in the state A Republican candidate running for the state House this year may get some early experience after being appointed to fill a vacancy to replace former state representative and congressional candidate Joe Chaplik. The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors appointed Rio Verde Foothills resident Cody Reim unanimously in a 5-0 vote Tuesday morning to replace Chaplik. He was sworn into office shortly after his appointment to fill the Legislative District 3 vacancy in the state House after Chaplik resigned earlier in March to focus on his congressional campaign. "I look forward to serving and representing my community and working to make Arizona a great place to live," Reim said in a statement following his appointment. "I am committed to listening to the people of our district, working hard on their behalf, and ensuring that our voices are heard at the State Capitol. Together, we can work to help build a stronger future for our community and for all of Arizona." Last week, Republican precinct committee members in the district picked Reim, George Khalaf, and former state legislator Michelle Ugenti-Rita as nominees for the board's consideration. Reim received the fewest number of votes among the three. Khalaf, who is also running for the state House in LD3 this year, got the most. Maricopa County Supervisor Thomas Galvin nominated Reim to fill the vacancy. He spoke highly of both Reim and Khalaf and said he hopes and expects both to be in the state House in 2027. Galvin has a history with Reim, who advocated on behalf of Rio Verde Foothills residents in 2023 after the city of Scottsdale shut off their access to the city's water, leaving the residents in a water crisis that required legislative intervention to resolve. "Cody was the kind of person who brought his neighbors together when they were fighting each other," Galvin said. "Cody Reim took the initiative and was proactive, and went down to the Capitol and advocated not only for his family, but for his neighbors and his community - essentially for his district, his county and state." Galvin didn't mention Ugenti-Rita, who is running for Scottsdale City Council this year, before nominating Reim. The former legislator also ran against Galvin for a seat on the county board and questioned Galvin's conservative values publicly several times during her race. Prior to the board's meeting, Ugenti-Rita called Galvin a "small and petty man" in a post on X with an attached statement from Dennis Wilenchik, an attorney who deposed an anonymous lobbyist who accused Ugenti-Rita of sexual harassment in 2020 while she was a senator. Wilenchik wrote in his statement that he now believes the accusations are unsubstantiated and were brought forward in an effort to harm Ugenti-Rita. Reim thanked both Khalaf and Ugenti-Rita in his statement and said both are incredible candidates who have served Arizona well. Board Chairwoman Kate Brophy McGee noted that Reim didn't get the most votes among LD3 precinct committee members, but Galvin said he picked Reim for the nomination after carefully reviewing each candidate's application. Galvin said he was also impressed by his interview with Reim and agreed with him that the most important issue Arizonans are facing is water. He highlighted a portion of Reim's application for the appointment where Reim mentioned the Legislature must address wildcat subdivisions - informal developments that split new residential parcels of six or more lots with the intent of circumventing the state's 100-year assured water supply law. Reim wrote in his application that irresponsible building practices like wildcat subdivisions contributed to Rio Verde's water issues in 2023. "To me, (Reim) was a bridgebuilder and a consensusmaker," Galvin said. Galvin's county district covers the most precincts of LD3, which includes Scottsdale, Fountain Hills and Rio Verde. Board Vice Chairwoman Debbie Lesko said she might've picked someone else for the nomination, but the board usually defers to the supervisor who represents the most precincts of a legislative district in county appointments. "It's a challenging job and (Reim) is going to be under a lot of pressure," Lesko said. "A lot of pressure from his colleagues and peers and so I hope he holds true to his values and does a good job."
Justice Department official says she personally observed 'incompetence' in Maricopa elections. by steven Richards. The senior U.S. Justice Department official leading a campaign to force states to clean up their voter rolls said she personally witnessed either "incompetence" or "malfeasance" in Maricopa County during past elections where she served as an election lawyer. Maricopa County, Arizona, home to the state's largest city, Phoenix, was recently forced to turn over election records to the FBI pursuant to a grand jury subpoena. The subpoena was justified, in part, by a memo authored by a congressional staffer dispatched to observe the 2024 elections there. In that report back to Congress, the staffer raised "alarming" concerns about how the county and its third-party contractor were handling ballots, Just the News exclusively reported earlier this week. "I can say, as a lawyer who - taking off my government hat and putting on my former political hat - I was on the ground in the last two election cycles, in 2022 and 2024 in Arizona, in Maricopa County, specifically," Dhillon told the Just the News, No Noise TV show this week. Incompetence or deliberate malfeasance "And you don't know whether it's incompetence or deliberate malfeasance, but either way, it is a shambolic, you know, bleep word show of an election process that leaves many citizens feeling like they shouldn't vote because they see the wrong paper being loaded," she said. "They see ballots being transported without proper security under state law, and then they see unclean voter rolls that are in violation of our federal election laws." In the memo, a Republican staffer described in detail his visit to a third-party contractor, Runbeck Election Services, which was hired by Maricopa County to sort mail-in ballots for signature verification in preparation for counting at the county's main election site. It was at that third-party site, miles away from the main election facility, that the House staffers observed concerning storage practices and were informed that no state workers were present, despite the handling of completed mail-in ballots. The Republican staffer was joined by his Democratic counterpart during the visit, who shared similar concerns about what they observed at the facility, according to the memo delivered to the House Administration Committee-the legislative panel responsible for overseeing federal elections. "They should be treated like Fort Knox": Dhillon When the congressional monitors visited the Runbeck facility, they observed that mail-in ballot sorting was taking place in the same warehouse alongside shelves of unsecured blank ballots and other printing materials. Additionally, Runbeck staff informed the congressional staffers that no state election officials or bipartisan observers were present at the third-party site while ballot sorting was ongoing. "Runbeck, of course, runs the elections in Maricopa County, and [...] many other places. It's a company that does that. And you know there's state laws that say, for example, when ballots are transported from a voting place to the central count area, there have to be police escorts, so they should be treated like gold. They should be treated like Fort Knox, and they're not," Dhillon told Just the News. She added, "They're treated like those coupons you get for...your grocery store, and that's outrageous." Rep. Abe Hamadeh, a Republican from Arizona, asked the Justice Department last summer to investigate claims that the Runbeck facility in Maricopa breached protocols during the 2024 general election. The congressman shared similar concerns with the Justice Department, such as the mixing of blank ballots with mail-in ballots and whether proper security procedures were followed. Concerns about election counting in Arizona, and specifically Maricopa County, stretch back more than a decade as the state moved to mostly mail-in ballots. In the old days, Democrats were the early complainants. More recently, Republicans like President Donald Trump, former gubernatorial and Senate candidate Kari Lake and now-U.S. Rep. Abe Hamadeh have raised concerns about the state's ballot distribution and counting systems. 200,000 ballots with mismatched signatures The Arizona Senate conducted a massive audit after the 2020 election affected by COVID-19 and concluded there were severe irregularities. One of the Senate's most stunning findings was an estimate that more than 200,000 ballots with mismatched signatures may have been counted without being reviewed, or "cured" in Maricopa County, more than eight times the 25,000 signature mismatches requiring curing that had been acknowledged by the county. The audit did little to resolve disputes, as Democrats and Maricopa County officials argue the concerns are overblown, while Republicans say they fear there are still vulnerabilities. Those clashes continue into planning for the 2026 election. Steven Richards is a reporter for Just the News. Photo "Harmeet Dhillon" by Gage Skidmore. CC BY-SA 2.0. Reprinted with permission from Just the News Submit a comment. Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *
Celebrate national adoption week at Desert Ridge. Submitted/Desert Ridge Marketplace PetSmart Charities is partnering with Maricopa County Animal Care & Control for national adoption week, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. March 23-29, at Desert Ridge, 21001 N Tatum Blvd. Posted Tuesday, March 10, 2026 11:36 am PetSmart Charities is partnering with Maricopa County Animal Care & Control to put on a festival for national adoption week 11 a.m.-3 p.m. March 23-29, at Desert Ridge Marketplace, 21001 N. Tatum Blvd. Adoptable pets will be available at the festival, as well as games, giveaways and activities for families. The event will take place near PetSmart at Desert Ridge. Subscribers make this story possible. Share with others
Maricopa County launches Health Alert Network for providers, first responders, and partners.