Paralegal (Top Secret Clearance Required)

About the role

CGS is seeking a dedicated Paralegal to join a fast‑paced, hard‑working legal team. The Paralegal will support various aspects of the company’s portfolio, providing professional, accurate, timely, and reliable paralegal support reporting to the Office of the General Counsel (OGC) and assisting LITB or IALB. The role requires the ability to adjust to changing priorities, work well under pressure, and collaborate with government employees and internal teams.

Responsibilities

• Receive, prioritize, and process requests such as document review or requests for legal technical assistance.
• Research and locate responsive information, identify relevant laws, judicial decisions, and legal articles.
• Conduct moderately complex legal research and synopsize transcripts of hearings and oral arguments for attorney use.
• Review case‑related materials and identify potentially conflicting statements or areas requiring further investigation.
• Write preliminary drafts of legal memoranda and correspondence.
• Assist in preparing draft legal documents, including motions, briefs, memoranda of law, exhibits, etc.
• Conduct legal analysis, review documents for relevance and privilege, and assist attorneys throughout all phases of litigation.
• Review discovery materials for relevancy and privilege; prepare privilege logs and maintain documentation of records produced.
• Assist in drafting and issuing 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; conduct outreach and informal interviews to respond to discovery requests and interrogatories.
• Assist in preparation of declarations and scan paper materials to save as image files (e.g., PDF).
• Conduct legal privilege reviews using Veritas eDiscovery Platform, Adobe Pro, or other discovery review platforms provided by the FBI.
• Apply redactions to privileged information and review peers’ work for accuracy, providing constructive edits.
• Support and collaborate on management efforts to foster teamwork, planning, and decision‑making.
• Organize and maintain accurate records of assigned requests, including detailed case notes, discovery work plans, Excel spreadsheets, and entry into the OGC‑LITB case tracking database.
• Prepare electronic and/or paper releases for customers and provide high‑level professionalism and customer service.
• 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 perform overlays of material returned from classification review.
• Maintain close collaboration with discovery team members and serve as consultant to Government employees regarding privilege application and document production.
• Communicate with employees at all levels of the FBI to complete projects professionally.
• Provide weekly status updates to management and periodic updates to Assistant General Counsels and other customers.
• Conduct searches of FBI systems and databases (e.g., Sentinel, Internal Policy Office Policy Library, Policy Archives) to retrieve relevant documents or files.
• Perform legal and other research, support the Legal Hold program, the Freeze List, and tasks associated with information management/governance and technology‑law intersections.

Qualifications

• Paralegal certificate, JD, or currently attending an ABA‑accredited law school with at least one year of study completed.
• Minimum two years of litigation paralegal experience; trial experience is very helpful.
• At least one year of experience in automated litigation support.
• Sound working knowledge of federal and state court systems, legal research procedures, and legal research resources.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Proficiency with legal research tools such as Lexis and Westlaw.
• Hands‑on familiarity with a variety of computer applications, including word processing, databases (document review and file management systems), spreadsheets, imaging, and hardware systems.
• Experience with ESI tools and knowledge of eDiscovery procedures and resources.
• Ability to consistently deliver highest‑quality work under extreme pressure.

Benefits

• Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Life Insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter)
• Paid Time Off and observance of State/Federal holidays

Pay

Salary range: $83,545 – $107,415 per year.

Schedule

Full‑Time, Mid‑Level position.