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CGS Federal (Contact Government Services)

Federal professional services

Paralegal

Legal Counsel & Legal SupportConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-time$83.5k - $107.4k /yr

About the Job

Requirements

  • A paralegal certificate, a Juris Doctor, or current attendance at an American Bar Association-accredited law school with at least one year of study completed is required.
  • At least two years of litigation paralegal experience is required; trial experience is helpful.
  • At least one year of automated litigation support experience is required, along with working knowledge of federal and state court systems, legal research procedures, and legal research resources.
  • Thorough knowledge of legal research tools such as LexisNexis and Westlaw is required.
  • Hands-on familiarity with word processing, databases such as document review and file management systems, spreadsheets, imaging, hardware systems, electronically stored information tools, and e-discovery procedures and resources is required.
  • The ability to deliver high-quality work under extreme pressure is required.

Responsibilities

  • Provide professional, accurate, timely, and reliable paralegal support to the Office of the General Counsel, assisting the Litigation Branch or Information and Access Law Branch, often with minimal direct supervision beyond written guidelines.
  • Receive, prioritize, and process requests for document review, advice, or legal technical assistance.
  • Research and locate responsive information and documents, and identify relevant laws, judicial decisions, and legal articles.
  • Conduct moderately complex legal research; summarize hearing and oral-argument transcripts for attorneys; review case materials; and identify potentially conflicting statements or areas requiring further investigation.
  • Write preliminary drafts of legal memoranda and correspondence.
  • Assist in preparing motions, briefs, memoranda of law, exhibits, and other legal documents; conduct legal analysis; review documents for relevance and privilege; and assist attorneys through all phases of litigation.
  • Review discovery materials for relevance and privilege, and prepare privilege logs.
  • Maintain documentation of discovery productions, correspondence, and case-management activities.
  • Assist in drafting and issuing preservation notices and litigation holds.
  • Design, generate, and transmit reports on case assignments and productivity using case-management databases.
  • Analyze and interpret customer requests.
  • Research, locate, and gather material relevant to designated requests, including outreach and informal interviews to respond to discovery requests and interrogatories.
  • Assist in preparing declarations.
  • Scan paper materials and save them as image files, such as PDF files.
  • Conduct legal privilege reviews using the Veritas eDiscovery Platform, Adobe Pro, or other discovery review platforms provided by the FBI.
  • Analyze documents and media files and apply redactions to different types of privileged information.
  • Review peers’ work for accuracy and provide constructive edits to ensure quality and thoroughness of review and processing.
  • Support and collaborate with management efforts involving teamwork, planning, and decision-making.
  • Organize and maintain accurate records of assigned requests, including detailed case notes, discovery work plans, Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, and entries in the OGC-LITB case-tracking database.
  • Prepare electronic or paper releases for customers.
  • Provide professional customer service in interactions with designated-unit customers.
  • Prioritize and schedule projects to accomplish objectives.
  • Assist in representing the FBI in challenging situations.
  • Coordinate classification reviews with subject-matter experts and apply overlays to material returned from classification review.
  • Collaborate closely on projects with discovery team members.
  • Advise government employees on privilege application and document production.
  • Communicate with FBI employees at all levels to complete projects professionally.
  • Provide weekly status reports to management and periodic updates to Assistant General Counsels and other designated-unit customers.
  • Search FBI systems and databases to retrieve relevant documents or files, including Sentinel, the Internal Policy Office Policy Library, and Policy Archives.
  • Perform legal and other research; support the Legal Hold program and Freeze List; and support information-management and governance tasks involving technology and law.

Desired Qualifications

  • Trial experience is helpful.

About the Company

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services)

Federal professional services

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services) is a government contractor providing professional and technology services to public agencies. The company supports federal programs with information technology, litigation support, records work, data services, cybersecurity, and program operations. It serves federal agencies, legal teams, public-sector program leaders, and mission-oriented operating units. Its operating model centers on contract teams embedded in regulated government environments and supported by recruiting, security, delivery, and corporate operations. Teams work across software, infrastructure, cybersecurity, legal support, data, project management, recruiting, and administration. Teams support coordinated daily delivery.

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