Paralegal Specialist

About the role

This vacancy is in the headquarters office in the City of Grand Rapids, MI, West Michigan's most vibrant city and its artistic and cultural hub, located just a short drive from the eastern shore of Lake Michigan. For more information, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/. As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement.

Responsibilities

• Preparing a variety of substantive legal documents to include various motions, foreclosures, garnishments, and other legal actions to effect necessary post‑judgment action regarding debts owed to the U.S. government.
• Conducting interviews of debtors, employers, and agency officials to determine the effectiveness of pursuing legal action against debtors in default.
• Investigating, reviewing, and summarizing the financial situation of a debtor and making a recommendation on the most appropriate legal action both pre and post‑judgment.
• Processing debt collection claims referred from client agencies and debts that arise by way of criminal or civil judgment.
• Assignments embrace the full scope of collection activities from the initial review of claims and judgments to making independent determinations as to the cost‑effectiveness of pursuing the obligation by way of suit or proceedings subsequent to the entry of judgement to enforce collection.
• Monitoring the progress of pending cases and initiating action to ensure that legal pleadings, forms, reports, correspondence, and other documents are prepared and submitted within established deadlines.
• Performing a variety of ancillary support relating to financial litigation actions, such as developing/implementing procedures, participating in special/recurring projects, and reviewing databases and automated tracking systems.
• Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.

Requirements

Conditions of employment: U.S. Citizen or National; satisfactory pre‑employment adjudication (fingerprint, credit and tax checks, drug testing); continued employment subject to a favorable background investigation; must be registered for Selective Service if