Senior Paralegal

About the role

CGS is seeking an experienced Senior Litigation Paralegal to support various aspects of the company's litigation portfolio, including eDiscovery activities, workflow management, and attorney support.

Responsibilities

• Prepares a variety of technical legal documents that are characteristically complex in format
• Reviews incoming documents and material, considering the nature and status of the case involved
• Prepares indictments, arrest warrants, summonses, true bills, motions, orders, non-disclosure applications, and orders, stipulations, plea agreements, grand jury and trial subpoenas, and legal memoranda
• Obtains required information from criminal case files, law enforcement agencies, or other sources, to include in legal documents before submitting to the appropriate AUSA for review
• Ensures when preparing recurring legal documents that they conform to local court rules and the rules governing style and format
• Aids attorneys in preparing for trial by independently compiling trial and witness notebooks, preparing and organizing trial exhibits, assembling jury instructions, and compiling witness and exhibit lists
• Collaborates with the victim/witness specialist to ensure adherence to current Departmental guidelines relating to victims’ rights and services responsibilities
• Notifies case agents and appropriate office staff of victim/witness issues
• Uses original and online legal resources including Westlaw and/or Lexis/Nexis, verifies legal citations and statutory references contained in legal documents
• Researches to confirm that citations are accurate, complete, and consistent with source material
• Proofreads, edits, and revises legal briefs
• Electronically files legal documents with the U.S. District Court using the CM/ECF system
• Develops and organizes tables of contents and indices to briefs in accordance with established format
• Lists cited cases, opinions, and miscellaneous references in briefs
• Composes original correspondence which requires a good working knowledge of legal procedures and specialized terminology
• Sends continuing discovery to defense counsel as directed by the assigned AUSA
• Maintains the electronic case files, enters data in the case management system, calendars deadlines using MS Outlook, prepares and files conflict of interest and case opening forms in the electronic case file
• Manages discovery processing and production
• Proficiently bates-stamps and redacts discovery materials using Adobe Acrobat and may employ discovery processing techniques using IPRO Eclipse

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 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
• The 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