Senior Paralegal (USAO-Civil)

Senior Paralegal (USAO-Civil)

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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What You’ll Get to Do

Duties and Responsibilities:

The Senior Paralegal is responsible for directly and independently supporting one or more AUSAs by providing a wide variety of technical paralegal services, particularly in Affirmative Civil Enforecment (ACE) investigations and trials.

• The work requires a sound working knowledge of the legal system, civil litigation, civil discovery, legal research procedures and sources of information.
• The work will also require organization and management of substantial quantities of records, documents, data and discovery.
• The work may also require financial analyses and investigation of various individuals and organizations. 
• Seeks information, and locates new sources of information, in aid of ACE investigations and trials through contacts or correspondence with other departments and/or agencies of federal, state and local government, witnesses and counsel for targets/defendants. 
• Gathers factual material independently; reads, annotates, and summarizes transcripts, files and other factual aspects of the case; obtains financial and statistical information, agency records, court records and other public records; analyzes documents, and drafts factual memoranda. 
• Reviews and analyzes the financial and management operations of a variety of organizations. Gathers and examines a wide array of financial documents obtained from a variety of sources, including financial statements, billing records, invoices, data  processing material, bank records, and  other documents.
• Demonstrated ability to review a wide variety of documents, both legal and non-legal documents, including Motions and briefs, and a variety of legal correspondence.
• Provides critical assistance in trial preparations. 
• Reviews and analyzes various health care records, including hospital records, billing records, Medicaid or Medicare data, and other ACE- related records.
• Skill in analysis, investigation, judgment, advice, and assistance in financial fraud investigations and cases, and the preparation and presentation of oral and written financial reports to AUSAs, judges and juries.
• Assists in preparing discovery requests and organizing and analyzing discovery responses.
• Drafts correspondence and legal documents for ACE attorney(s) signature. Drafts proposed orders and decrees for signature of judges and magistrates.
• Performs specialized detailed legal research as necessary to Lexis/Nexus and West Law.
• Responsible for organizing and processing large quantities of records, data and discovery documents.
• Responsible for preparing numerous exhibits for trial.
• Ability to use MS Excel; MS Outlook; MS Access, Acumen, STARS and/or other data bases; Word Perfect; Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat Professional.
• Provides automated litigation assistance to attorneys in trial preparation and courtroom presentations.
• Utilizes various software applications and graphics hardware such as scanners and plotters. 
• Prepares documents, charts, and visual materials for use in trials.
• Provides technical support (e.g., enlarging charts and photographs, duplicating tapes and videos, and marking exhibits). 

           

More About the Role

• Works under the direction of a Supervisory Paralegal or a Project Supervisor.  Work products are reviewed prior to submission; however, often develops these products with minimal direct supervision other than written guidelines. 
• In addition to functions performed by Paralegals, described below, performs moderately complex legal research; synopsizes transcripts of hearings and oral arguments for attorney use; reviews case related materials and, for example, identifies potentially conflicting statements or areas requiring further investigation; writes preliminary drafts of simple legal memoranda and correspondence. 
• Contact mostly with other Contractor staff, but occasional contact with trial staff may be required.

You’ll Bring These Qualifications

• 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.