Supervisory Paralegal

Supervisory Paralegal

Leidos is seeking a Supervisory Paralegal to work on-site in support of the Department of Justice in Washington, DC. Be one of the first to dedicate your skills and talent to a newly formed division of the Department of Justice, National Fraud Enforcement Division.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Directs and supervises the work of paralegals and other support staff, particularly on major paralegal support efforts, such as large legal research projects or major in-courtroom support.
• Monitors work and reports on progress.
• Responsible for ensuring that paralegal and support staff work meets contract and attorney requirements and is delivered on time.
• Potential travel up to 50% of the time to aid with trial preparation
• Performs detailed reviews and analysis of case materials, which includes financial records, health care materials, and other litigation files
• Performs detailed indexing of case files; drafting procedures for accomplishing litigation support assignments; document acquisition related tasks; screening for privilege documents; and conducting database searches
• As required, serves as "team leader" for a group of legal professionals
• Reviews audio files for relevance and update databases with findings
• Communicates with other DOJ components, Federal agencies and others as required during investigations and litigation
• Utilizes Excel spreadsheets to track information and analyze case statistics
• Perform trial preparation tasks to include copying, document review, document organization, bates stamping, legal research and searching documents in Concordance/Summation
• Utilize electronic and evidence management and discovery production processes and tools, such as Relativity, Casemap and Oncue, to support investigations
• Searches the Relativity database per criteria developed by case team management
• Reviews search result sets for relevance based on written criteria
• Codes relevant documents per existing protocol
• Troubleshoots and performs quality control spot-checks.
• Must be able to formulate administrative and technical procedures for getting the work done.
• Reports to Project Supervisor or Project Manager; may also have significant contact with COR, Government Case Manager, trial attorneys and staff, client agency staff, and opposing counsel.
• Performs complex legal and factual research.
• Designs and develops systems and procedures for tracking, controlling, and managing case files, exhibits, and other case-specific materials.
• Assists trial staff in coordination with expert witnesses and litigation consultants.
• Arranges for access to appropriate DOJ libraries and other legal research facilities.
• Coordinates with other Contractor support components, including data processing support staff, in order to accomplish work.

Basic Qualifications:

• Paralegal certificate or JD.
• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) and 4+ years of litigation paralegal experience, including trial experience.
• At least one year of experience in automated litigation support.
• Must have supervisory experience, including proven capabilities and communication skills to successfully interact with clients and attorneys.
• 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 applications, including word processing, databases (such as document review and file management systems), spreadsheets, and imaging.
• Ability to consistently deliver highest quality work under extreme pressure will be very important.
• Must be a US Citizen and able to obtain a Public Trust clearance.

Desired Qualifications

• Familiarity with ESI tools and knowledge of eDiscovery procedures and resources.

Please note: while the salary range is wide, the specific salary range for this position is going to be around $100,000.

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