Paralegal

About the role

As a CGS Paralegal, you will work under the direction of a Supervisory Paralegal or Project Supervisor. You will provide litigation and administrative support to a group of United States Attorneys.

Responsibilities

• Collects court ordered restitutions and fines of criminal and civil defendants
• Drafts legal documents, and files legal documents using the Electronic Court Filing system (ECF)
• Prepares garnishments, liens, and other legal process documents for collection
• Sends demand letters, files liens, run credit reports, prepares and submits subpoenas
• Manages and tracks collection activity in an internal database
• Communicates with and coordinates collection activity with AUSAs in the Monetary Penalties Unit (MPU)
• Completes fact research in public information databases and other research databases to gather information and identify assets
• Prepares legal documents using templates, such as motions, memoranda, subpoenas, correspondence, discovery documents and other similar documents and forms
• Prepares all recurring legal documents in conformance with rules governing their style and format
• Performs routine document center support functions, such as photocopying, delivering items, assembling notebooks, including pulling file copies of documents, tabbing binders, numbering, binding, labeling, re[1]filing documents and shelving, packing boxes and preparing them for shipment, bate stamping, retrieving case materials, completing log sheet, answer phones, logging messages, and faxing information
• Opens new case files, closes case files, organizes case files, and record material for disposition or storage
• Maintains calendar of active cases and assigned AUSAs by scheduling appointments, interviews, conferences, providing reminders of commitments and court appearances
• Aid AUSAs in producing discovery to defense council
• Maintains, manages, and organizes case material utilizing software, including databases, spreadsheets, and word processing applications
• Sorts incoming mail and prepares outgoing mail including packaging boxes for shipment
• Filing pleadings using the Electronic Court Filing system (ECF)
• Produces a variety of written documents using templates and materials utilizing a range of office software applications
• Completes all aspects of travel in accordance with Federal Travel Regulations (FTR) and Department of Justice (DOJ) policies, including traveling arrangements, submitting authorizations, completing vouchers, and submitting local mileage claims
• Sorts incoming mail and prepares outgoing mail including packaging boxes for shipment

Qualifications

• Requires paralegal certificate, JD, or currently attending an ABA-accredited law school, having completed at least one year of study
• One year of legal training or legal experience or at least two years of college education may be substituted for the paralegal certificate
• At least one year of litigation paralegal experience or project experience (as related to the task order) is required; trial experience very helpful
• Automated litigation support experience valued
• Must have basic legal knowledge, including knowledge of standard legal citation to cite check legal motions and memorandum and must have sufficient experience with legal research tools such as LEXIS and Westlaw to perform basic legal research
• Requires excellent written and oral communication skills, thorough knowledge and 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