Full-Time
Paralegal – Top Secret Clearance Required
CGS Federal (Contact Government Services)
Compensation Overview
$83.5k - $107.4k/yr
No H1B Sponsorship
Chantilly, VA, USA
Hybrid
US Top Secret Clearance Required
Category
 Legal & Compliance (1) |
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Required Skills
Excel/Numbers/Sheets
Requirements
- Requires paralegal certificate, or JD, or currently attending an ABA-accredited law school, having completed at least one year of study.
- At least two years of litigation paralegal experience is required; trial experience is very helpful.
- At least one year of experience in automated litigation support.
- Requires sound working knowledge of federal and state court systems, legal research procedures, and legal research resources.
- Requires excellent written and oral communication skills and thorough knowledge of legal research tools such as LEXIS and Westlaw.
- Must have hands-on familiarity with a variety of computer applications, including word processing, databases (such as document review and file management systems), spreadsheets, imaging, and hardware systems.
- Role also requires hands-on familiarity with ESI tools and knowledge of eDiscovery procedures and resources.
- The ability to consistently deliver the highest quality work under extreme pressure will be very important.
Responsibilities
- Receive, prioritize, and process requests such as document review or requests for advice or legal technical assistance.
- Research and locate responsive information documents and identify relevant laws, judicial decisions, and legal articles.
- Perform typical Paralegal functions, including: moderately complex legal research; synopsizing transcripts of hearings and oral arguments for attorney use; reviewing case related materials; and identifying potentially conflicting statements or areas requiring further investigation.
- Write preliminary drafts of legal memoranda and correspondence.
- Assist in preparing draft legal documents, such as motions, briefs, memoranda of law, exhibits, etc.; conducting legal analysis, reviewing documents for relevance and privilege; and assisting attorneys with all phases of litigation.
- Review materials in discovery for relevancy and privilege.
- Prepare privilege logs.
- Maintain documentation of records produced in discovery, correspondence sent, and case management functions performed.
- Assist in the drafting and issuing of preservation notices and litigation holds.
- Design, generate, and transmit reports regarding case assignments and productivity using case management databases.
- Analyze and interpret requests from customers.
- Research, locate, and gather material relevant to DU requests including conducting outreach and informal interviews to respond to discovery requests and interrogatories.
- Assist in preparation of declarations.
- Scan paper materials to save as an image file (e.g., .PDF).
- Conduct legal privilege reviews using Veritas eDiscovery Platform, Adobe Pro, or other discovery review platforms provided by the FBI.
- Analyze documents and media files, and proficiently apply redactions to diverse types of privileged information.
- Review the work of peers for accuracy and provide constructive edits to ensure quality and thoroughness of review and processing.
- Support and collaborate the management efforts to foster teamwork, planning and decision making.
- Organize and maintain accurate records of assigned requests. This includes keeping detailed case notes, utilizing discovery work plans, using Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, and entering case information and metrics into the OGC-LITB case tracking database.
- Prepare electronic and/or paper releases for release to customers.
- Provide a high degree of professionalism and customer service in all interactions with DU customers.
- Prioritize and schedule projects to accomplish objectives.
- Assist in representation efforts of the FBI in challenging situations.
- Coordinate classification reviews with subject matter experts and shall perform overlays of material returned from classification review.
- Maintain close collaboration of projects with discovery team members.
- Serve as consultant to Government employees regarding privilege application and document production.
- Communicate with employees at all levels of the FBI to complete projects with a high degree of professionalism.
- Provide weekly statuses to management and periodic updates to Assistant General Counsels and other DU customers.
- Conduct searches of FBI systems and databases to retrieve relevant documents or files (e.g., Sentinel, Internal Policy Office Policy Library and Policy Archives).
- Perform legal and other research, provide support to the Legal Hold program as well as the Freeze List, and support tasks associated with information management/governance as well as technology and its intersection with the law to name a few