Senior FOIA Paralegal with Security Clearance

About the role

The Senior FOIA Paralegal will support the legal mission of a large federal agency by performing legal review and FOIA request processing, among other litigation support tasks. CGS offers an innovative environment where employees can contribute to government innovation and professional growth.

Responsibilities

• Conduct searches and analyze result sets to separate non-responsive documents from responsive documents and screen responsive documents for privilege or FOIA exemptions.
• Redact and code responsive documents.
• Perform legal research.
• Draft legal documents.

Qualifications

• Requires paralegal certificate, JD, or currently attending an ABA-accredited law school, having completed at least one year of study.
• At least one year of litigation paralegal experience is required; trial experience is very helpful.
• Experience with Nuix Investigate, Relativity, and/or other eDiscovery and document review tools strongly desired.
• Experience processing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of FOIA rules and regulations; applying exemptions.
• 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.
• The ability to consistently deliver the highest quality work under extreme pressure will be very important.
• The ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
• The ability to work independently.

Skills and attributes for success

• Paralegals will work conducting searches and analyzing result sets to separate non-responsive documents from responsive documents and screen responsive documents for privilege or FOIA exemptions.
• Redact and code responsive documents.
• Perform legal research.
• Draft legal documents.

Benefits

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

Pay

$65,357.76 - $94,405.65 per year

Schedule

N/A