Paralegal Specialist

About the role

The United States Attorney's Office for South Carolina's mission is to investigate, prosecute and deter violations of federal statutes, enforce and represent the interests of the United States in civil litigation, uphold civil, constitutional and victims' rights, and foster partnerships with other federal, state and local government agencies and community groups.

Responsibilities

• Performing programmatic work in the United States Attorney's Office (USAO) asset forfeiture activities to include analysis and evaluation of internal and external operations.
• Conducting research, analysis or summarizing relevant legal precedents for applicability to assigned cases.
• Receiving, examining, and evaluating asset forfeiture cases referred for judicial forfeiture proceedings by the seizing agencies or referred for technical evaluation by lower graded paralegal staff.
• Scheduling depositions, monitoring court appearance dates and deadlines, and preparing reports associated with trials, hearings, and other legal presentations.
• Supporting paralegal research cases by gathering or organizing evidence relating to the forfeiture of money, real and personal property.
• Coordinating with investigating agencies to gather factual support for forfeiture theories and potential third-party claims.
• Researching, analyzing or evaluating legal and factual issues and information for asset forfeiture details involved in various cases.

Requirements

• To qualify at the GS-09 level, you must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 level in the Federal service performing (3) of the (5) duties listed above.
• To qualify at the GS-11 level, you must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 level in the Federal service performing (4) of the (5) duties listed above.
• To meet the minimum education requirement, you must have a master's degree or equivalent graduate degree (such as an LL.B. or J.D.), or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree.
• To qualify at the GS-11 level, you must have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree.

Qualifications

• To qualify at the GS-09 level, you must demonstrate that you have the required specialized experience and/or education for the respective grade level in which you are applying.
• To qualify at the GS-11 level, you must demonstrate that you have the required specialized experience and/or education for the respective grade level in which you are applying.

Benefits

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Pay

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Schedule

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