Paralegal (Top Secret Clearance Required)

About the role

The Contractor shall provide professional, accurate, timely, and reliable paralegal support reporting to the OGC and will be detailed to assist LITB or IALB. Work products are reviewed prior to submission; however, personnel resources provided by Contractor shall often develop these products with minimal direct supervision other than written guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Receive, prioritize, and process requests such as document review or requests for advice or legal technical assistance;
• Research and locate responsive information documents and identify relevant laws, judicial decisions, and legal articles;
• Perform typical Paralegal functions, including: moderately complex legal research; synopsizing transcripts of hearings and oral arguments for attorney use; reviewing case related materials; and identifying potentially conflicting statements or areas requiring further investigation;
• Write preliminary drafts of legal memoranda and correspondence;
• Aid in preparing draft legal documents, such as motions, briefs, memoranda of law, exhibits, etc.; conduct legal analysis, review documents for relevance and privilege; and assist attorneys with all phases of litigation;
• Review materials in discovery for relevancy and privilege;
• Prepare privilege logs;
• Maintain documentation of records produced in discovery, correspondence sent, and case management functions performed;
• Assist in the drafting and issuing of 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;
• Research, locate, and gather material relevant to DU requests including conducting outreach and informal interviews to respond to discovery requests and interrogatories;
• Aid in preparation of declarations;
• Scan paper materials to save as an image file (e.g., .PDF);
• Conduct legal privilege reviews using Veritas eDiscovery Platform, Adobe Pro, or other discovery review platforms provided by the FBI;
• Analyze documents and media files, and proficiently apply redactions to diverse types of privileged information;
• Review the work of peers for accuracy and provide constructive edits to ensure quality and thoroughness of review and processing;
• Serve as consultant to Government employees regarding privilege application and document production;
• Communicate with employees at all levels of the FBI to complete projects with a high degree of professionalism;
• Provide weekly statuses to management and periodic updates to Assistant General Counsels and other DU customers;
• Conduct searches of FBI systems and databases to retrieve relevant documents or files (e.g., Sentinel, Internal Policy Office Policy Library and Policy Archives);
• Perform legal and other research, provide support to the Legal Hold program as well as the Freeze List, and support tasks associated with information management/governance as well as technology and its intersection with the law to name a few.

Qualifications

• Requires paralegal certificate, or JD, or currently attending an ABA-accredited law school, having completed at least one year of study;
• At least two years of litigation paralegal experience is required; trial experience is very helpful;
• At least one year of experience in automated litigation support;
• Requires sound working knowledge of federal and state court systems, legal research procedures, and legal research resources;
• Must have sound working knowledge of federal and state court systems, legal research procedures, and legal research resources;
• Requires excellent written and oral communication skills and thorough knowledge of legal research tools such as LEXIS and Westlaw;
• Requires 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;
• Role also requires hands-on familiarity with ESI tools and knowledge of eDiscovery procedures and resources;
• The ability to consistently deliver the highest quality work under extreme pressure will be very important;
• The ability to consistently deliver the highest quality work under extreme pressure will be very important;

Skills

• Sound working knowledge of federal and state court systems, legal research procedures, and legal research resources;
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and thorough knowledge of legal research tools such as LEXIS and Westlaw;
• 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;
• Hands-on familiarity with ESI tools and knowledge of eDiscovery procedures and resources;
• The ability to consistently deliver the highest quality work under extreme pressure;

Benefits

Contact Government Services (CGS) offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance;
• Life Insurance;
• 401(k) Plan;
• Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter);
• Paid Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays;

Pay

Salary range: $70,000 - $90,000 annually

Schedule

Full-time, mid-level position