Senior Paralegal (Legal Assistant II)

Responsibilities

• Works under the direction of a Supervisory Paralegal or a Project Supervisor.
• Develops work products with minimal direct supervision other than written guidelines.
• Compiles, prepares, and summarizes relevant materials for use by attorneys in discovery and in preparation of motions, briefs and other legal documents.
• Synopsizes transcripts of hearings and oral arguments for attorney use.
• Identifies potentially conflicting statements or areas requiring further investigation.
• Writes preliminary drafts of legal memoranda and correspondence.
• Indexes, tracks and controls document discovery (including documents produced and received in discovery).
• Indexes and tracks exhibits and other materials at depositions and at trial.
• Prepares exhibit cross-references.
• Aids attorneys in courtroom.
• Reviews documents for relevance and privilege according to established guidelines and criteria.
• Performs other tasks as assigned.

Qualifications

• Requires paralegal certificate, or a four-year college degree.
• At least two years of litigation paralegal experience or project experience (including internships) related to business, finance or accounting, project or document management, policy, research, government staffing, publishing; or equivalent experience.
• Sound working knowledge of federal and state court system, legal research procedures, and legal research resources.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• 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, e.g., Relativity, Excel, JEFS/Box.com, Word, Zoom, Teams, Power Point, and social media tools.
• Hands-on familiarity with ESI tools and knowledge of eDiscovery procedures and resources.
• Ability to consistently deliver highest quality work under extreme pressure.
• Professional, can-do, customer-service attitude.
• DOJ MBI must be obtainable (US citizenship required).