Senior Paralegal (USAO)

Job Title: Senior Paralegal (USAO)

Job Category: Service Contract Act

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: DOJ MBI

Employee Type: Regular

Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%

Type of Travel: Continental US

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The Opportunity:
 

CACI is looking for talented Senior Paralegal professionals to support the US Attorney's Office (USAO) mission. Positions like this are critical and are very involved with high-profile important cases. Paralegal duties focus upon litigation support as we prepare for trial in the coming months.

The assignments evolve and we would like to be able to add complex responsibilities for a capable candidate.  

CACI is committed to growing our eDiscovery workforce and has included tuition reimbursement for Relativity certifications, the ACEDS certification and Paralegal Certificates!  This is a great opportunity for someone to grow their careers.  Please apply if you are interested to hear more!

Responsibilities:

• Prepares a variety of technical legal documents that are characteristically complex in format. Reviews incoming documents and material, considers the nature and the status of the case involved, and with limited instructions from AUSAs prepares, arrest warrants, summonses, true bills, motions, orders, non-disclosure applications and orders, stipulations, plea agreements, grand jury and trial subpoenas, and legal memoranda.
• Assists litigation teams in preparation for trial by evaluating, assembling and organizing documents, data, exhibits and other evidence for grand jury presentations, hearings, trials, and witness interviews. Develop a plan to perform audio/video conversion and editing, manage PowerPoint presentations, PDF files/portfolios, spreadsheets, binders, exhibits, charts, witness lists and jury instructions.
• Provides advanced automated litigation support and case management to AUSAs utilizing various software applications such as Relativity, Cellebrite, Axiom, eZManage, NetDocs, iPro Eclipse, Everlaw, CaseMap, TimeMap, Trial Director, USAfx (cloud storage interface), and SecureZip.
• Performs moderately complex specialized legal research to verify proper citations, statutory references, legislative intent, judicial precedents, and agency rules as related to assigned cases
• Write preliminary drafts of simple legal memoranda and correspondence ensuring that they conform to local court rules and rules governing content, style and format.
• Assist with incoming discovery and other requested information to determine whether the materials are responsive to the government’s request and in an appropriate format/platform. Screens for privileged documents and materials. Resolves identified issues. Communicate with litigation teams about status of discovery projects.
• Compiles outgoing discovery in compliance with the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and in accordance with stipulations, criteria and/or court orders for court, depositions and hearings.
• Use a variety of software applications to search and retrieve information necessary to complete assigned tasks: e.g., an internal case management database, files located on shared file network, and external sources such as court records. Synopsizes transcripts of hearings and oral arguments for attorney use. Ensures proper security is maintained over litigation support project materials.
• Performs docketing duties which involve tracking case filings using the case management system. As necessary, perform searches, generate reports, and analyze data produced from the case management system to determine case status and reconcile inconsistencies.
• Answers outside inquires not requiring legal interpretations. Exercises judgment and discretion in determining information provided to telephonic inquiries and visitors.

Qualifications:

Required: 

• Requires paralegal certificate, or JD, or currently attending an ABA-accredited law school, having completed at least one year of study, or an equivalent level of legal training or experience; or an equivalent level of education may be substituted.
• Additionally at least two years of litigation paralegal experience or project experience (as related to the task order) is required. 
• At least one year of experience in automated litigation support. 
• Requires sound working knowledge of federal and state court system, 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. 
• Must have hands-on familiarity with a variety of computer applic