Senior Paralegal

Overview

Senior Paralegal – Employment Type : Full-Time; Department : Legal. CGS is seeking an experienced Senior Litigation Paralegal to join a fast-moving, active in-house government legal team. This position supports various aspects of the company's litigation portfolio including eDiscovery activities, workflow management, and attorney support.

CGS brings motivated, highly skilled, and creative people together to solve the government's most dynamic problems with cutting-edge technology. We seek candidates who are excited to contribute to government innovation, appreciate collaboration, and anticipate the needs of others. We offer an environment in which employees feel supported and encourage professional growth through learning opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Prepares a variety of technical legal documents that are characteristically complex in format.
• Reviews incoming documents and material, considering the nature and the 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 submission 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.
• Assists 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.
• Coordinates 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 to verify 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 requiring working knowledge of legal procedures and specialized terminology.
• Transmits proposed orders to the court.
• Requests extensions of time in certain cases.
• Advises of actions taken or developments in cases referred by other federal departments and agencies.
• Notifies attorneys representing defendants of various issues.
• Scans / inputs and links case-related materials into electronic discovery databases and manages those databases.
• Uploads / downloads documents and materials from local, state, and federal law enforcement partners into discovery databases, including investigative and forensic reports, bank records, electronic communications, and audio / video files.
• Manages discovery processing and production.
• Proficiently Bates-stamps and redacts discovery materials using Adobe Acrobat and may employ IPRO Eclipse for discovery processing.
• Sends continuing discovery to defense counsel as directed by the assigned AUSA.
• Maintains electronic case files, enters data in the case management system, calendars deadlines using MS Outlook, and files conflict of interest and case opening forms in the electronic case file.

Qualifications

Our commitment

Contact Government Services (CGS) strives to simplify and enhance government bureaucracy through the optimization of human, technical, and financial resources. We combine cutting-edge technology with world-class personnel to deliver customized solutions that fit our client's specific needs. We are committed to solving the most challenging and dynamic problems.

For the past seven years, we've been growing our government contracting portfolio, and have created valuable partnerships by demonstrating a commitment to honesty, professionalism, and quality work. Here at CGS we value honesty through hard work and self-awareness, professionalism in all we do, and delivering the best quality to our consumers while mending relations for years to come.

Benefits

Contact Government Services, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Salary : $50,000 - $65,000 a year

Join our team and become part of meaningful government innovation!

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For more information about CGS please visit : CGSfederal.com or contact : Email : info@cgsfederal.com

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